Tag: Saleh

US Navy Inches Closer to Involvement in Fight with Iran over Yemen

by Joshua Spurlock • April 20, 2015 • 0 Comments

An American aircraft carrier is joining a group of other US Navy ships off the coast of Yemen, and they US is tracking Iranian ships possibly delivering arms to Houthi rebels in the war-torn country, according to USA Today. The…

Al-Qaeda Takes Oil Terminal, Airport in Yemen; US Blames Rebels

by Joshua Spurlock • April 16, 2015 • 0 Comments

Just when things didn’t seem to get much worse in Yemen—which sits along a key shipping lane for oil tankers—the civil war there has given room for al-Qaeda’s affiliate in the country to take control of multiple major facilities in…