Tag: AQAP
Yemen sides appoint ceasefire observers as army fights al Qaeda
Yemen's government forces battled al Qaeda in the country's south on Saturday, aiming to push back advances the militant group has made...
South African hostage in Yemen killed in US rescue attempt
Two hostages, including South African Pierre Korkie, were killed during a rescue attempt by American forces in Yemen on Saturday.
US special forces...
Two soldiers, four militants killed in eastern Yemen
Two Yemeni soldiers and four suspected militants were killed when soldiers raided a house used by insurgents in the restive eastern province...
At least six dead in attacks on southern Yemen army posts
Militant attacks on two army outposts in southern Yemen killed at least eight people early on Sunday, local officials said, two months...
Yemen’s al Qaeda wing seeks to set up ’emirate’ in east
Yemen's al Qaeda wing has ordered men and women in the east to obey its strict interpretation of Islamic law, saying it...
Three suspected militants killed in U.S. drone strike in Yemen
Three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in Maarib province, east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in what local officials and tribal...
Air strike kills 12 suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen
At least 12 suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in an air strike in southern Yemen this week, the Interior Ministry said...
Analysis: Yemen fighting risks deepening sectarian divisions
A deadly assault by Shi'ite Houthi rebels on a Salafi Islamic school planted in their mountain heartland could ignite wider sectarian conflict...
Five Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide attack on military base
A suicide bomber killed at least five Yemeni soldiers on Friday in a suspected Islamist militant attack on a military base in...
Al Qaeda: September attack targeted joint Yemeni-U.S. drone base
The Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda said on Monday that its attack on a Yemeni army base last month targeted an operations...
Stratfor: Yemen – Fallout from the al-Awlaki airstrike
U.S.-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an ideologue and spokesman for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen,...
Saudi Arabia arrests militants planning oil attacks
Saudi Arabia said it had arrested 113 al Qaeda militants including suicide bombers who had been planning attacks on energy facilities in...
Jihadism in 2010: The threat continues, headed for SA, Stratfor says
For the past several years, STRATFOR has published an annual forecast on al Qaeda and the jihadist movement. Since our first jihadist...
