Yemen claims army kills al-Qaida second-in-command together with six associates
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saleh1966
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-09-13 14:59:47 -0700 | disasters-news
Security forces in Yemen have killed Said Ali al-Shehri, described as the second-in-command of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), government officials say. The Yemeni Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the No. 2 of al-Qaida in the...
Yemen: Four separatist protesters in south shot dead
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-26 17:02:31 -0700 | disasters-news
Yesterday (July 7) in the southern port city of Aden Yemeni security forces shot and killed 4 men participating in a separatist march. A total of 18 were wounded. The government claims that the protesters had attacked security forces. The...
Yemen: Violent crackdown on separatists in Aden
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 03:09:24 -0700 | disasters-news
In the news emphasis is upon the retaking of territory especially in Abyan province from Islamic militants. However, another military operation is going on against separatists in Aden. Aden was at one time the capital of a separate secular state...
Yemen: Security forces shoot dead two protesters in Aden
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 22:39:00 -0700 | disasters-news
The two who were killed were taking part in a separatist protest in the southern port city of Aden. The south of Yemen was a separate country until 1990 and Aden has long been a center of separatist activists. An...
Yemen: Military commander who led campaign against militants assassinated
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-26 17:16:48 -0700 | disasters-news
On his way to work on Monday (July 18) Maj. Gen. Sali Ali Qatn was killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself in front of his vehicle. As well as the general his driver and a passenger were also killed....
Minister killed in Yemen suicide bombing.
Posted by: Hua Chi Thanh
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-06-21 08:23:34 -0700 | disasters-news
On 18/6, Yemeni officials said a Yemeni military commander, who is leading the war in the south of this area has died in a suicide bombing. The victim was General Ali Salem Qatan. Bomber detonated a bomb targeting his convoy...
Yemen: More US backed attacks to retake territory in the south
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 03:34:59 -0700 | disasters-news
This Reuters report describes clashes with Islamist miltants as part of attacks to retake territory as U.S. backed. It would seem that U.S. special forces are involved in directing Yemeni forces. Perhaps intelligence is provided through drones and perhaps too...
Yemen: Two U.S. troops wounded in Yemen attack by militants
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-26 17:47:53 -0700 | disasters-news
The presence of U.S. boots on the ground is becoming more evident daily. According to this article a U.S. special forces commander toured the front line as Yemeni forces closed in on a town controlled by militants. The article describes...
No letup in violence in Yemen – 24 killed in fresh al-Qaeda assault
Posted by: prabirghose
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 16:34:37 -0700 | disasters-news
There appears to be no respite for Yemen from violence unleashed by the al-Qaeda terror groups as understood from report in Canada.com dated 9th April 2012. 24 persons are reported to have been killed in a fresh spate of attacks...
Breaking News!! Saudi diplomat abducted in Aden (Yemen): Police sources
Posted by: madn3wz
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 22:49:00 -0700 | disasters-news
ADEN, Yemen (Wed, Mar. 28) – According to a Yemeni security official; unidentified gunmen abducted Saudi Arabia's deputy consul from outside his home in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday. The gunmen kidnapped Abdullah al-Khalidi as he...
Yemen: Al Qaeda group reports increased U.S. troops in Aden
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 04:49:15 -0700 | disasters-news
An Al Qaeda group claimed that it had attacked a U.S. intelligence officer after their surveillance showed increasing numbers of U.S. troops in the city of Aden. The new leader Prime Minister Hadi a vice-president under Saleh has vowed to...
Al Qaeda Attacks Kill 107 Soldiers in Yemen
Posted by: Surya Gaire
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-26 00:49:11 -0700 | disasters-news
Al Qaeda militants have attacked Yemeni military bases in the southern part of the country. As a result, 107 soldiers have died, as well as 32 members of the terrorist organization. The attacks happened in the Abyan province and the...
Yemen: U.S. security team attacked by Islamists in Aden
Posted by: northsunm32
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-27 17:06:46 -0700 | disasters-news
The Ansar al_Sharia group that some link to Al Qaeda attacked what the Pentagon described as a security team. This is the first admission that there were any U.S. forces on the ground in Yemen although the presence of some...
Dozens hurt in south Yemen election protests
Source: The Daily Star
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2012-05-26 15:28:07 -0700 | political-news
Dozens of people were hurt in clashes in southeast Yemen between rival demonstrators supporting and opposing Tuesday's presidential election, witnesses said on Friday. They said the trouble began late on Thursday when activists of the pro-secession Southern Movement, which opposes...
Yemen: 9 suspected al Qaeda militants killed
Posted by: rabia AFZAL
Aden :: Yemen | updated 2012-04-16 13:12:57 -0700 | disasters-news
Nine suspected militants from an Islamic group linked to al Qaeda were killed in clashes with the army in Zinjibar in southern Yemen. Five militants, including a Yemeni national, were killed in the northern part of the city ': they...
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