The group won precious time through a cease-fire with the U.S. It will remain a problem, Theodore J. Singer writes in a guest ...

After Ghashmi, then the president, was killed by a briefcase bomb in 1978, Mr. Saleh maneuvered to succeed him. A month later, Mr. Saleh was elected leader of North Yemen, an Arab nationalist ...

WATCH: Three things to know about Ali Abdullah Saleh He remained active in the army until 1978, when North Yemen’s third president in nearly four years was assassinated. After spending years ...

Saleh: a long-time strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh rose to power as part of a military coup, becoming president of North Yemen in 1978. After unification in 1990 he became president of all Yemen.

July 17, 1978 - Is named president of the North Yemen after the assassination of President Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi. 1983 - Is re-elected to a five-year term as president by the Constituent People ...

Yemen’s former president says he will not leave his country ... got caught up in the Arab Spring uprisings that swept North Africa and the Middle East. Protesters called for an end to Saleh ...

Saleh showed his leadership skills at an early age and swiftly climbed North Yemen's military and political ladder. Following the June 1978 assassination of president Ahmad al-Ghashmi, a ...

1918 - Ottoman Empire dissolves, North Yemen gains independence and ... 2011 - Arab Spring protests spread to Yemen; President Saleh agrees to hand over power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour ...

April 11 (Reuters) - Saudi and Omani delegations have been holding talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as Riyadh seeks a permanent ceasefire to end its military involvement in ...

Yemen Vice-President Says Trump Return Pivotal in Fight ... when South Yemen was separate from North Yemen. "When we become two countries the conflict will be resolved," he said, adding that ...

When he was a candidate for president, Donald Trump tended ... whose traditional base of support is in the north, has effectively controlled Yemen since 2014, when its fighters took the capital ...

From 1967, Yemen was divided between two states, until the socialist south was conquered by the north in 1990 ... on their Vision 2030” - the vice president also thinks the Houthis are playing ...