According to the BBC, Yemeni media say the embassy closures come after " six trucks full of weapons and explosives entered the capital, and the security forces lost track of the vehicles.

According to Yemeni government officials, a US airstrike on 14 October 2011 killed seven AQAP militants, including Egyptian-born Ibrahim al-Bana, AQAP's media chief.

He also engaged in a propaganda and media war with Egypt's pan-Arabist president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and engaged in a proxy war with Egypt in Yemen that lasted until 1967 ( see Yemeni Civil War ).

The media initially reported the assassination as a Yemeni diplomat assassination only to later identify the victim as the Syrian Prime Minister.

This gave the Sana ' a government diplomatic support vis-a-vis the Saudi government, which had aggressive designs on Yemeni territory.

At the same time, Saudi Arabia maintained direct contact with Yemeni tribes, which sometimes strained its official relations with the Yemeni government.

It began after the Shī ‘ a Zaidiyyah sect launched an uprising against the Yemeni government.

The Yemeni government has accused Iran of directing and financing the insurgency.

The Yemeni government has promised that their homes will be protected and they may return to them.

By November 2002, Yemeni government troops detained 104 suspected al-Qaeda members.

In December 2001, a search by government forces for two Yemeni believed to be senior al Qaeda members hiding near Ma ' rib led to a gun battle with tribesmen which ended in the deaths of 34 people, including 18 soldiers.

While the Yemeni government initially took responsibility, photographs of American components and a Wikileaks cable suggest that it was carried out by the United States.

According to local residents and unnamed American and Yemeni government officials, on 14 July 2011 US manned aircraft or drones attacked and destroyed a police station in Mudiya in Abyan Province which had been occupied by al Qaeda militants.

In August 2005, the government awarded a contract to a joint venture between China Mobile and a group of Yemeni investors to take a 55 percent stake in Yemen ’ s third mobile network ; the government will retain a 25 percent share.

More recently, in 2005, the Yemeni government began to investigate rail connections as part of an overall initiative to upgrade its transportation infrastructure.

In November 2003, following the October 2002 bombing of the French supertanker Limburg off the Yemen coast and the resultant dramatic drop in throughput at the Aden port, the Port of Singapore Authority sold its majority stake in the ACT back to the Yemeni government.

In June 2005, Dubai Ports International was selected to manage and operate the ACT ( and possibly Maalla Terminal ) under a 30-year or longer contract ; the Yemeni government will remain a minority shareholder.

The two had widely divergent views on how to handle searches of Yemeni property and interviews with citizens and government officials, and they only grew further apart as time progressed.

The Yemeni government is encouraging northern Yemenis to " re-populate " the Hadhramaut in order to change its demographics and reduce the number of ethnic Hadhramis thereby quelling separatist sentiment.

The case study for this analysis is Yemen, where drone strikes seem to be increasing resentment against the Yemeni government as well as against the US.

Under the Constitution of Yemen, the president is also the supreme commander of the armed forces and head of the executive branch of the Yemeni government.

When construction of the barrier began in September 2003, a fierce dispute with the Yemeni government erupted.

The Yemeni government initially opposed the construction which they said violated the 2000 Jeddah border treaty, which provided grazing rights for shepherds in a buffer zone on both sides of the frontier and stipulated that no armed forces be stationed within it.

* Saba News Agency, official Yemeni government news agency

Specifically, the Yemeni Arabs were unhappy that the prince was mounted on a fine Spanish steed.

Being the ever-wary politician, Abd al-Rahman acted quickly to regain Yemeni support, and rode to a Yemeni chief who was mounted on a mule named " Lightning ".

Although no longer on the spice route, the city facilitated the transportation of Yemeni coffee and Indian textiles, primarily to Anatolia, North Africa, and the Balkans.

In late 1999, Hazmi, Attash and Yemeni went to Karachi, Pakistan to see Mohammed, who instructed them on Western culture and travel ; however, Mihdhar did not go to Karachi, instead returning to Yemen.

Hazmi went with the two Yemenis, Tawfiq bin Attash ( Khallad ) and Abu Bara al Yemeni, to Karachi, Pakistan where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the plot's coordinator, instructed him on western culture, travel, as well as taught some basic English phrases.

In late 1999, Hazmi, Attash, and Yemeni went to Karachi, Pakistan to see Mohammed, who instructed them on Western culture and travel ; however, Mihdhar did not go to Karachi, instead returning to Yemen.

The Yemeni Army's 119th Brigade, which had defected to the opposition, launched a joint operation with 31st and 201st Brigades which were still loyal to Saleh and retook the city of Zanjibar on 10 September from Islamist militants who were exploiting the chaos in the country to expand their influence.

One sign of this came on December 2, 2003, when the Yemeni foreign ministry announced that " Yemen welcomes Iran's request to participate in the Arab League as an observer member.

According to Yemeni officials as reported in the Long War Journal, US airstrikes in southeast Abyan province on 30 August to 1 September 2011 killed 30 AQAP militants.

A drone strike on 22 December 2011 near Zinjibar reportedly killed Abdulrahman al-Wuhayshi, a relative of Yemeni al-Qaeda leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi.

Nasser's fortunes on the Arab stage unexpectedly changed when Yemeni officers led by Abdullah as-Sallal, a supporter of Nasser, overthrew Imam al-Badr of the Kingdom of North Yemen, on 27 September 1962.

Some Yemeni women have their own saloons for the occasion, and participate in chewing khat with their husbands on weekends.

Drivers sometimes drive on the left side of the road, although right-hand driving is specified by Yemeni law.

Focus now on seven " foreigners " led by a Yemeni national.

Philby personally mapped on camelback what is now the Saudi – Yemeni border on the Rub ' al Khali.

The successful attack by Yemeni militants in a speedboat packed with explosives on the guided missile destroyer USS Cole in 2000 is another extension of the idea.

In 2009, the detective series George Gently, based on the novels by Alan Hunter, portrayed the Yemeni integration in a 1960s setting.