Yemen

The Seychelles government hits back at allegations the US is using the islands to launch drone attacks in Somalia and Yemen, insisting the aircraft are monitoring pirates not terrorists.

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to the country after spending three months in Saudi Arabia following an assassination attempt in June. He has called for an immediate ceasefire.

America’s covert war on terror is expanding across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with the building of secret drone airbases from Ethiopia to the Seychelles.

Government shells kill at least six in Yemen’s capital Sanaa amid escalating street battles, bringing the death toll to 58 after three days of the heaviest violence since the uprising began.

As at least 21 people are killed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in the worst violence since March. Channel 4 News learns from a freelance journalist of one baby girl shot in the head by a stray bullet.

A leading expert on the terror group tells Channel 4 News why al-Qaeda is in decline – and where the next 9/11-style plot could come from.

A force of around 80 Royal Marines is stationed off Yemen – but the Foreign Secretary has warned British nationals in the country not to expect the Government to evacuate them.

Al-Qaeda militants reportedly in control of government buildings in the southern city of Zinjibar have fled following air strikes, a journalist in the beleaguered country has told Channel 4 News.

The protesters rejoice as Yemen’s injured President flies to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment – have they won? Or is he coming back?

Yemen’s President Saleh delivers an audio speech after receiving ‘minor injuries’ during an attack by rebels on the presidential palace in Sana’a that left 7 guards dead.

Foreign Secretary William Hague pulls embassy staff out of Yemen and calls again for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand down amid escalating bloodshed.

As Arab leaders finalise the details of a plan for the Yemen President to step down, Jamal Osman looks at how his Government’s crackdown on Al Qaeda suspects helped fuel the uprising against him.

Poverty, tribal divisions, and an ossified political system have pushed Yemen to the verge of chaos and civil war. We look at the main players in the present unrest.