Tag: Yemen
Terror at Saudi Arabian Airport: An Iran Connection?
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 13, 2019 10:35Yesterday's terror attack on Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia is seen as an escalation adding now to the significant escalation in western activities against Iran after todays earlier attack ... Read More
War or Terror in the Gulf of Oman? Oil Tankers in flames, crew rescued and taken to Iran
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 13, 2019 09:27A maritime safety group warned earlier today of an unspecific threat in the Gulf Oman urging extreme caution amid US- Iran tension. The near the Strait of Hormuz is a ... Read More
List of Nationals died in Ethiopian Airlines Airbus 737-800 crash
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 10, 2019 14:30Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed this morning six minutes after takeoff in Addis Ababa on route to Nairobi. 157 people died, among them 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, ... Read More
Air Partner delivering humanitarian aid
editor- December 19, 2018 02:21Air Partner delivers relief goods and humanitarian aid to those in need throughout the year. Read More
Senate resolution on Yemen: More heat than fire
editor- December 13, 2018 11:26Yemen used to be a beautiful destination for travel and tourism. The hospitality school there was leading in Africa just a few years ago. But today, politics is creating a ... Read More
Yemen emerging from a period of conflict, joining international destination alliance ICTP
editor- May 14, 2012 04:20The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that the Ministry of Tourism in Yemen has become its third destination member in the Middle East, joining Oman and Palestine. Read More
UN: Escalating violence may push Yemen towards civil war
editor- May 28, 2011 03:39The United Nations human rights office today voiced alarm at the escalating violence in Yemen, which it said may push the country to the brink of civil war, and called ... Read More
Al-Jazeera office raided in Sana’a; anti-press attacks in Libya, Syria, Bahrain
editor- March 25, 2011 08:11New York (eTN) - Plainclothes gunmen raided Al-Jazeera's Sana'a bureau early this morning, confiscating equipment and obstructing operations, the Qatar-based news channel reported today as a drumbeat Read More
Yemen’s tourism minister resigns over violence in Sana’a
editor- March 20, 2011 06:13Yemen's Tourism Minister, Nabil Al-Fakeh resigned from his post and quit the ruling party Friday after the shooting attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, becoming the first cabinet member to Read More
Tourism minister announces initiative to tackle current crisis in Yemen
editor- February 25, 2011 04:20Yemen's Tourism Minister, Nabil Al-Fakeh, announced an initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh in which he urged him to hold presidential elections soon and in coincidence with parliamentary elect Read More
TSA chief visits Yemen, signs aviation security agreement with Germany
editor- November 4, 2010 05:46WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Read More
Germany bans all passenger and cargo flights from Yemen
editor- November 2, 2010 03:29BERLIN - The story of suspicious packages containing explosives found on board passenger and cargo aircraft from Yemen began in the United States on Friday, October 29. Read More
Yemeni tourism plunges due to Al-Qaida attacks, separatists
editor- September 24, 2010 06:11SANAA - Yemeni tourism declined dramatically, particularly in southern troubled provinces, where government troops engaged in deadly clashes with growing armed separatist groups and separately fightin Read More
Yemen launches tourism campaign, targets Western Europeans
editor- August 24, 2010 04:09Western European residents will receive promotional material from Yemen this September as the country tries to convince more tourists to visit. Read More
Socotra: Another Galapagos awaits tourists
editor- June 24, 2010 03:13On the other side of the world, in the middle of another ocean, lies a second Galapagos: the remote island of Socotra where more than one third of the 800 ... Read More
Kidnapped US tourists freed in Yemen
editor- May 26, 2010 02:07An American couple kidnapped in Yemen have been released, government officials have said. Read More
Yemen tries to lure back tourists scared away by al Qaeda attacks
editor- February 26, 2010 05:42TARIM, Yemen - Workers fix potholes, paint mosques and refurbish historic buildings in this sleepy city in Yemen's vast Hadramaut region, where authorities are seeking to lure back tourists scared ... Read More
Direct flights to Yemen halted by UK
editor- January 21, 2010 03:03LONDON – Britain's government said Wednesday it would create a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific airline passengers for tougher security checks and suspend some international flights in res Read More
Yemen to launch tourist promotion in Europe
editor- October 15, 2009 05:17Aiming to alleviate some European countries' cautions against travel to Yemen, the Yemen Tourism Ministry is currently preparing to launch a tourist promotion campaign in the coming weekgs to include Read More
Yemen tourism goes on the road in Europe
editor- September 26, 2009 05:25The National Dance Academy of Yemen will be performing on Paddington Station throughout the day on Sunday, October 18, supported by a "Henna Lady" and lots of information from the ... Read More
UN: Humanitarian crisis worsens in North Yemen fighting
editor- September 24, 2009 11:01The United Nations has said that the humanitarian crisis in northern Yemen, where 150,000 people have been driven from their homes by fighting between government and rebel forces, continues to ... Read More
Despite all dangers Arabia Felix draws thrill-seeking tourists
editor- September 3, 2009 03:00Don't judge a book by its cover, particularly if its title includes words like "war," "terrorism," "separatists," "poverty," "illiteracy," and "kidnappings." Read More
Deadly attacks on tourists bring death sentence for six Yemenies
editor- July 14, 2009 04:23SANAA - A Yemeni court sentenced six men to death on Tuesday for attacks that killed nine Spanish and Belgian tourists over the past two years. Read More
Yemen proves deadly and very unsafe again
editor- June 16, 2009 10:50According to a Yemeni official, nine foreigners missing in Yemen, including seven Germans, a British and South Korean, have all turned up dead. Read More
Bodies of missing tourists found
editor- June 16, 2009 07:13The corpses of seven foreign tourists were found in Sa’ada, Yemen Monday. They were part of a group of nine visiting the northern mountain city, and were kidnapped last Thursday. Read More
KSA to participate in 12th session of the AMCT in Yemen
editor- May 27, 2009 03:49The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), will participate in the 12th session of the Arab Ministerial Council of Tourism (AMCT) in ... Read More
Tanzania hit by pirate attacks on the Indian Ocean waters
editor- April 28, 2009 11:44DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Tanzania has joined the international force in fighting piracy along the East African coast, as Somali pirates continue to hijack commercial ships along the ... Read More
Foreign tourists ‘taken in Yemen’
editor- April 1, 2009 03:05Armed tribesman have abducted a couple, believed to be Dutch, in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, security sources say. Read More
Yemen arrests six suspects for attack on Koreans
editor- March 26, 2009 03:40Yemeni security forces arrested six suspects for an attack this month that killed four South Korean tourists, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the Yemeni Interior Ministry. Read More
Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen
editor- March 19, 2009 05:46A suicide bomber has attacked a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday. Officials said no one apart from the bomber was harmed in ... Read More
Yemen blames al-Qaida for latest tourist bombing
editor- March 17, 2009 03:11SAN'A, Yemen — Yemeni authorities on Monday said that al-Qaida was behind a suicide bombing that killed four South Korean tourists and their Yemeni driver at a historical site. Read More
4 tourists killed, 3 injured in Yemen bombing
editor- March 16, 2009 02:55SAN'A, Yemen — A bomb killed four South Korean tourists and their local guide in Yemen on Sunday, officials said, the latest such attack targeting foreigners visiting this poor Arab ... Read More
Three German nationals kidnapped in Yemen
editor- December 17, 2008 03:21Tribal disputes were blamed for the capture of a United Nations worker and her parents, all German nationals, in the outskirts of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Read More
The number of UK operators to Yemen looks set to triple in 2009
editor- November 28, 2008 07:39Yemen’s delegation to London’s World Travel Market was busy this year. Read More
Empire of piracy in the Gulf of Aden
editor- October 8, 2008 06:35SANA'A, Yemen (eTN) - Vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden remain vulnerable to interception by pirates, which poses a serious threat to international maritime security. Read More
Brits give Yemen an OK, other governments urged to follow suit
editor- August 22, 2008 02:33Yemen is once again safe for “responsible travelers,” according to the British Foreign Office in a statement released yesterday. Read More