Nine militants killed in Yemen
June 11th, 2012 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
Aden, June 11 (IANS) At least nine militants were killed after Yemeni army clashed with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorists Sunday in Abyan province.The clashes occurred between the ... Read more...
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Abducted Saudi diplomat asks king to meet Al Qaeda demands
May 26th, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, May 26 (IANS) A Saudi diplomat appeared in an online video Saturday for the first time since he was kidnapped in March and asked Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda leader Al-Awlaki killed: Yemen
September 30th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Sep 30 (IANS) US-born Yemeni Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in an air raid in the southeast of the country, said Yemen's Defence Ministry Friday, Xinhua reported.The claim, ... Read more...
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18 dead as Yemeni forces fire on protesters
September 18th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Sep 18 (IANS) The deaths from an attack by the Yemeni government forces on protesters marching Sunday in the capital to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh's resignation have risen ... Read more...
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US asks Yemeni president to hand over power
July 11th, 2011 - 9:48 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 11 (IANS) The US has called upon Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to "fulfill expeditiously" his pledge of signing a deal for peaceful transition in his country.A ... Read more...
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U.S. State Department designates al-Qaeda operative Othman Al-Ghamdi
June 17th, 2011 - 10:45 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday designated Othman al-Ghamdi, an operative with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), as a terrorist.The designation was made under ... Read more...
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Saleh’s family preventing vice-president from taking full power
June 6th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, June 6 (IANS/AKI) Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh's family is working to prevent the country's vice president from taking full power while he is in neighbouring Saudi Arabia recovering ... Read more...
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GCC foreign ministers to discuss Yemen in Abu Dhabi
April 20th, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 19 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates will host a meeting Wednesday of the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to discuss the situation in Yemen.The ... Read more...
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Hundreds of thousands protest in southwest Yemen, Saleh welcomes Gulf mediation
April 6th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by BNO News
TAIZ, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) -- More than six hundred thousand anti-government protesters took to the streets in Yemen's southern province of Taiz on Wednesday to demand the ouster of embattled President Ali ... Read more...
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UNESCO chief condemns killing of journalist in Yemeni protests
March 25th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chief on Friday condemned the death of journalist Jamal Ahmed al-Sharabi, who was killed when gunmen last week ... Read more...
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Yemen opposition insists Saleh quit, president digs in
March 22nd, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, March 22 (IANS) Reiterating its rejection of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's fresh offer to step down by 2013 after transfering power to parliament later this year, Yemen's opposition Tuesday ... Read more...
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‘Yemen’s radioactive products were easy al-Qaeda targets’: Wikileaks
December 20th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Sana'a, Dec 20 (ANI): A senior Yemeni government official had told US diplomats that poor security at the country's main store of radioactive products could give terrorists an easy access to ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda suspect wanted for USS Cole attack is alive in Yemen
December 16th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- An Arab newspaper on Thursday reported that top al-Qaeda suspect Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso is alive in Yemen, despite earlier media reports which said he had been ... Read more...
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Yemen diverted US counter-terrorism aid meant to tackle Al Qaeda: WikiLeaks
December 7th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.7 (ANI): A December 2009 cable sent by the US embassy in Yemeni capital Sanaa, published by WikiLeaks, shows that Yemen deployed a US-funded counter-terrorism unit to fight domestic rebels instead ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda’s Al Asiri said to be Yemen parcel bombmaker
October 31st, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 31 (ANI): Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri, a Yemen-based al-Qaeda terrorist, is being touted as the man who prepared the two parcel bombs that were discovered onboard two US-bound jets in ... Read more...
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Al-Qaida wing claims to form 12,000-strong army in southern Yemen
July 30th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): At least 12,000 Al Qaeda fighters are reportedly gearing up for combat in southern Yemen, reports from Yemen capital Sanaa have revealed.The Xinhua news agency quoted ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda forms army of 12,000 fighters in Yemen
July 30th, 2010 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, July 30 (IANS) The Yemen-based wing of militant outfit Al Qaeda has threatened to "cleanse the land" with a new army of 12,000 fighters.
"We have a good news for the Islamic ... Read more...
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‘Yemen will be Obama’s Afghanistan’: Al-Qaeda cleric
July 20th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20(ANI): American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who has links to Al-Qaeda, has warned U.S. President Barack Obama that he will be remembered as the American leader who got his forces ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda asks Yemeni tribes not to hand over its fighters
June 19th, 2010 - 8:30 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, June 19 (IANS) Militant outfit Al Qaeda has called on tribes in oil-rich Yemen not to hand over its fighters to the government, saying such an act would put the tribes ... Read more...
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US couple kidnapped near Yemeni capital
May 24th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, May 24 (IANS) A US couple and their Yemeni driver were kidnapped by gunmen near the Yemeni capital Monday.
A security official told Xinhua that tribal gunmen in Bani Mansour area kidnapped ... Read more...
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Yemeni rebels release two Chinese oil workers
May 18th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- Two Chinese oil company workers abducted in southern Yemen were released on Tuesday, Chinese state media reported quoting a Embassy official.Kidnappers who have been identified as people from ... Read more...
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Yemen urged to follow Saudi’s ‘diversify approach’ for success against Al-Qaeda
May 1st, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 1(ANI): Several security experts have urged the Yemeni Government to diversify its approach in the US-aided fight against Al-Qaeda or face the backlash.The experts have cautioned that unless Yemen ... Read more...
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11 Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Yemen
March 4th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Saada (Yemen), March 4 (IANS/AKI) Yemeni security forces have arrested 11 Al Qaeda suspects in the capital Sanaa, killing one man during the operation, security officials said Thursday.
According to the Yemeni ... Read more...
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Yemen apologises for killing 42 civilians in airstrike
March 4th, 2010 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), March 4 (DPA) The Yemeni government Wednesday apologised to families of 42 civilians killed in an airstrike that targeted Al Qaeda figures in southern Yemen in December.
Deputy Prime Minister for ... Read more...
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250,000 civilians uprooted in Yemen since 2004
January 30th, 2010 - 5:41 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, Jan 30 (IANS) An estimated 250,000 civilians have been uprooted since clashes in Yemen erupted in 2004, with the number having more than doubled since just last August, WAM news agency ... Read more...
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Obama vows to keep pressure on Al Qaeda
January 28th, 2010 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 28 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has vowed to intensify the fight against Al Qaeda in the wake of last month's attack on a Detroit-bound airliner.
"We are filling unacceptable ... Read more...
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5 top Al Qaeda members killed in Yemeni airstrike
January 16th, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Sana'a (Yemen), Jan. 16 (ANI): At least five senior member of Al Qaeda's Arabian branch were killed in a Yemeni missile strike on Friday, officials have claimed.The missile strike, which also killed ... Read more...
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U.S not in favour of direct military intervention in Pakistan: Mike Mullen
January 7th, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7(ANI): Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has said that there would be no direct military intervention of the United States in countries like ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda too agile to be defeated by US’ ‘whack a mole’ strategy: Critics
January 6th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 6(ANI): Several critics have said that the US has put too much prominence to large-scale military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and emphasized that Al-Qaeda has used convenient tools like ... Read more...
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Freed Yemeni Guantanamo Bay inmates rejoining Al-Qaeda
January 5th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 5(ANI): At least 11 former Guantanamo Bay inmates have reportedly rejoined terror organisation Al-Qaeda in its operation in Yemen amid growing concern over the ability of the country's Government to ... Read more...
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Clinton calls Yemen situation threat to global security
January 5th, 2010 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 5 (DPA) The unstable situation in Yemen poses a threat to regional and global security, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.
International efforts to support the Yemeni government ... Read more...
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US, British embassies in Yemen still closed over terror threats (Lead)
January 4th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), Jan 4 (DPA) The US and British embassies in Sana'a extended their closure for the second day Monday over terrorist threats, a Yemeni government official said.
The official, who spoke on ... Read more...
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Washington says no plans to open ‘war on terror base’ in Yemen
January 4th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Sana'a, Jan. 4 (ANI): Even as Washington closed its embassy in Yemen in the wake of escalating Al Qaeda threats, it is not planning to open a base here to expand ... Read more...
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US plans no new front in Yemen, says Obama advisor
January 4th, 2010 - 2:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 4 (DPA) The US has no plans to open a new military front in Yemen, preferring to rely on Yemeni forces to counter the terrorism threat there, a senior ... Read more...
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US, Yemen reviewing targets to retaliate against plane bombing attempt
December 30th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The US and Yemen are now looking at fresh targets in Yemen for a potential strike in retaliation to the botched Christmas Day attack on an airliner ... Read more...
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