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Drone strikes hit terror suspects in northern Yemen
SANAA — Suspected US drone strikes killed three Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday in the northern Yemeni province of Saada in the first such raid against the militant network there, tribal sources told AFP. “Three Al-Qaeda suspects were killed in three separate drone strikes in Saada,” a tribal source said, adding…
Yemen foils bomb attack on base used by U.S. troops
The Yemeni army on Saturday foiled a car bomb attack on the Anad air base used by US soldiers in the southern province of Lahj to train Yemeni forces in combating terrorism, a military official told AFP. “We foiled an attack by a car packed with explosives that managed to…
Pentagon: U.S. sends team of Marines to Yemen
The United States has sent Marines from the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team to help protect its embassy in Yemen during demonstrations, the Pentagon said Friday. “A FAST platoon is now on the ground in Sanaa,” spokesman George Little told reporters, describing the deployment of the 50-strong unit as a “precautionary…
U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen and Egypt amid film protests
SANAA — Demonstrators stormed the US embassy in Yemen on Thursday, leading to clashes in which four people were killed, while protesters stoned Washington’s mission in Cairo as anger spread over a US-produced film mocking Islam. A security official said 34 people were also wounded in the clashes “that lasted…
30 dead in separate suicide attack, drone strike in Yemen
A suicide attack at a town in south Yemen recently recaptured by the army from Al-Qaeda forces killed 20 people Saturday and wounded another 20, the governor of the province said. In a separate incident in the east of the country meanwhile, a suspected US drone strike killed five Al-Qaeda members late Saturday, a…
Panetta says no need for U.S. boots in Yemen
The United States can deal with Al-Qaeda’s spreading presence inYemen without US forces on the ground, relying instead on targeted operations, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday. Panetta, in an interview with ABC television’s “This Week,” defended the use of drones as “the most precise weapon we have” in the campaign against Al-Qaeda.…
Obama says very concerned by al Qaeda in Yemen
CHICAGO — US President Barack Obama said Monday the United States was very worried about the threat posed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen after the group massacred almost 100 soldiers in a huge suicide blast. Obama pledged to work with the Yemeni government to crack down on Al-Qaeda in…
Yemen launches offensive to reclaim Qaeda bastion
Yemeni troops launched an all-out offensive on Saturday to retake the southern city of Zinjibar, held for a year by Al-Qaeda gunmen, in fighting that killed 12 people, military and local sources said. And in eastern Yemen, two US drone attacks killed 11 Al-Qaeda militants travelling in an area where the jihadist network remains…
‘Al-Qaeda’ kills 20 Yemen troops after leader eliminated by U.S. drone strike
Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed at least 20 soldiers in attacks on two army posts in southern Yemen on Monday, a day after a wanted top militant died in an air raid, a military official said. Jihadists attacked the military posts outside the city of Zinjibar, which they have controlled since…
U.S. drone air strike kills al-Qaida terrorist wanted for USS Cole bombing
Fahd al-Quso was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2004 over his role in the bombing, but escaped from prison a year later An al-Qaida terrorist on the run over the bombing in 2000 of the USS Cole warship has been killed by an American drone in Yemen. US…
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