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Sanaa, Yemen – Court Upholds Death Sentence for Man Convicted of Spying for Israel

By admin on April 4, 2010

Sanaa, Yemen – An appeals court on Saturday upheld the death sentence against Bassam al-Haidari who was found guilty of contacts with former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert on the Internet to plot against Yemen.
The court in Sanaa also confirmed a three-year jail term which a lower court slapped on an accomplice, Abdullah al-Mahfal, but it [...]

Yemen – Jews Found New Home in Sanaa

By admin on November 11, 2009

Sanaa, Yemen – Forced to flee fighting between Shiite rebels and the army in the north, Yemen’s Jews have found a new home in Sanaa, where they benefit from the special protection of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
“May God keep him alive,” repeats Rabbi Yahya Yussef Moussa, the leader of the Jewish community of Al-Salem, every [...]

Sana’a, Yemen – Remaining Jews Gradually Leave Ancestral Homeland

By admin on August 17, 2009

Sana’a, Yemen – Yemen’s religious diversity is under threat with many of the remaining Jews in the district of Raida in Amran preparing to leave for Israel, some in the next few days, according to Rabbi Yahya Yousef.
In Amran, there are only 250 Yemeni Jews left. Yemen’s Jews are thought to have roots dating back [...]

Sana’a, Yemen – Teen Survivor ID’d In Yemenia Airbus Crash

By admin on June 30, 2009

Sana’a, Yemen – A 14-year-old girl not a five-year-old boy as initially reported was the miraculous lone survivor of a horrifying air tragedy today when rescuers pulled her from storm-tossed Indian Ocean after the crash of an Airbus jet.
With the other 152 people on board likely dead around her, Bahia Bakari, who is from a [...]