Latest in Tag: yemen Highlight
Latest in Tag: yemen
Names of 55 GuantĂĄnamo detainees released
US Department of Justice discloses list of 55 prisoners cleared for release
Rising speculations about Al-Qaedaâs affiliation to the attack on Benghazi consulate
AQAP suggests in a statement the attack was in revenge for Al-Libiâs death, while the US is allegedly sending surveillance drones over Libya
Militants kill three soldiers in Yemen
Fail to assassinate targeted minister
Film fans flames of violence across the region
Across the Middle East and beyond, protesters have demonstrated against US-made Islamophobic production
Protester shot dead as mob storms US embassy in Yemen
Protester shot dead as mob storms US embassy in Yemen
âItâs every woman’s duty to participate in the revolutionâ: women fighters in Syria
Daily News Egypt speaks to female revolutionaries
Yemeni security reshuffle
President sacks security officials loyal to ousted Saleh
Yemeni defence minister survives assassination attempt
Attempt on defence minister’s life day after Al Qaedaâs deputy regional head killed
High ranking Al-Qaeda leader killed in Yemen
Yemeni military declare the death of Sa’id Ali Al-Shihri
Yemeni warplane kills civilians
Warplane was targeting militants who find safe haven in Yemen due to ailing economy
Unprecedented numbers of African refugees flee to Yemen
UNHCR expresses concern over abuse by smugglers
Militants target Yemen minister
Yemeni transport minister escapes assassination attempt
Oil pipeline sabotaged in Yemen
Bombing comes amid week of continued chaos
Militants continue assault on Yemeni state
Tribal groups who fought against al-Qaeda also targeted
Pro-Saleh troops âattack Yemen defense ministryâ
Sanaa (AFP) –Â Troops from Yemen’s elite Republican Guard force, led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, on Tuesday attacked the headquarters of the defence ministry but were repelled, witnesses said. The forces laid siege to the ministry in Sanaa before attacking it with machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades, witnesses told AFP. The attack …
Yemeni Republican Guard protest outside Defence Ministry
Members of Yemenâs Republican Guard surrounded the Defence Ministry in protest on Friday. Under fears that the guardsmen would storm the ministry, tanks were sent to quell the protests. The Republican Guard is an elite fighting force led by Ahmed Saleh, the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh. AP reported that threats to remove …
Yemen Military restructuring
Yemenâs military is currently undergoing restructuring in an attempt to curb the power of the son of a former president, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh currently holds the position of Brigadier General in the Yemeni army. According to Yemen state media ,Saba, Monday, the current President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issued decrees which transfer the command …
Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen
This latest bombing in Yemen highlights the fragile state of Yemenâs security
Regional Briefs on Israel, Yemen, Sudan, Syria
Israel Israelâs Defence Ministry Ehud Barak has ordered the destruction of eight Palestinian villages in the southern region of Hebron for being âillegal dwellings in a fire zone,â despite proof that the villages have been located there since 1830. The area is to be used by Israeli Defence Forces for military training, including live-fire exercises, …
US military aid to Yemen resumes
After one year of suspension, US military aid to Yemen resumes with drones a part of the new deal
Iranian spy ring caught in Yemen
Yemeni president fires accusations against Iran
Regional Briefs: Iraq, UAE, Israel, Yemen, Somalia
Iraq An adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said the recently defected Syrian Ambassador to Iraq made a confession of complicity in regards to several attacks launched by Al-Qaeda within Iraq some years ago, according to the BBC. The former Syrian Ambassador, Nawaf Fares, told media sources that his government had formed an …
Region Briefs
Syria: BRUSSELS (AP) â Members of Syrian opposition groups met in a conference in Belgium on Sunday to discuss their political differences and Syriaâs democratic transition. Groups discussed whether the Syrian opposition should request foreign military intervention and whether the groups should begin negotiations with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. According to activists more …
Yemeni says 18 militants killed in Al-Qaeda-held area
By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Firouz Sedarat / Reuters ADEN: Yemeni troops have made advances in an offensive against Al-Qaeda-linked militants near the southern city of Zinjibar, killing 18 insurgents, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. It said on its website that the militants were pushed back on Thursday from several positions near Zinjibar, capital of …
‘US drone strike’ kills 5 Qaeda militants in Yemen
By AFP ADEN: A suspected US drone strike in Yemen’s southeastern Shabwa province has killed five Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants, a local government official said on Tuesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said a “US drone” targeted the five men late on Monday in Shabwa, a mostly lawless region of Yemen where the extremist group …
Yemen army clashes with Islamists, 34 killed
By Reuters ADEN: At least 34 people, mostly Islamist militants, were killed near the southern Yemeni city of Lawdar on Friday in clashes between government forces and an Al-Qaeda linked group, official and tribal sources said. Yemen’s military launched an offensive five days ago against Islamic insurgents who attacked a military camp outside Lawdar. The …
Yemen: Fighting in south kills 50 militants
By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP SANAA: Yemeni artillery and military aircraft backing pro-government tribesmen have pounded Al-Qaeda fighters trying to battle their way into a strategic town in the country’s south, while a suspected US airstrike killed at least 12 militants, officials said. The fighting near the town of Lawder started over the weekend when …
Yemen army kills 25 militants in fresh clashes: officials
By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Isabel Coles / Reuters ADEN: At least 25 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants were killed on Wednesday in a third day of fighting with Yemeni troops in the south of the country, residents and local officials said. Officials said the clashes took place at Jebel Yasuf, some 10 km (6 miles) from the …
Islamist attack on Yemen army checkpoint kills 13
By Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters SANAA: At least eight Yemeni soldiers and five militants were killed when Islamist gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in the central Maarib province on Tuesday, a local official said. In the southern city of Lawdar, where 57 people were killed on Monday in clashes between government forces and fighters from al …
Al-Qaeda says it killed American teacher in Yemen
By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP SANAA: Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch said Thursday that it killed an American teacher because he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation. Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, was gunned down on Sunday in the central city of Taiz, where he had been living with …