Five AQAP fighters, including a Saudi and an individual who shares the nom de guerre of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s emir for Mahfad, are reported to have been killed in the first drone strike since mid-August.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s media wing released a video and photos today of its April 8 attack on a checkpoint near the city of Mukallah in Hadramout province.
Al Qaeda pamphlet urges attack on Air Force Academy
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a new English-language magazine titled, “Palestine, betrayal of the guilty conscience.” As in past AQAP publications, the magazine includes instructions for building pressure cooker bombs and car bombs.
The airstrike took place in a province in eastern Yemen where the terror group has been battling the government for control.
In the latest video released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Ibrahim al Rubaish discusses a range of recent developments in the Muslim world.
Thirteen people were reported killed today in Yemen’s southern Lahj province as an IED believed to have been planted by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was being defused.
Yemeni president vows relentless fight against militants
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed via Twitter that its fighters had killed more than 50 Yemeni soldiers in an attack on the 1st Military District headquarters in Seyoun on Aug. 7.
Fighters abandoning al Qaeda affiliates to join Islamic State, US officials say
The strike took place in the al Qaeda stronghold of Wadi Abida. In eastern Yemen, the military and AQAP have been battling for control of Hadramout province.
Eight Saudi citizens linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were transferred to Saudi Arabia, including a woman who had reportedly turned herself in to Yemeni authorities.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has released the fifth installment of its “Repulsion of Aggression” video series, detailing three coordinated attacks in the city of Seyoun in Yemen’s Hadramout province on June 26.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released photos on Twitter from the March 18 suicide bombing at the military intelligence headquarters in Lahj, Yemen.
Fighters from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula staged a string of attacks throughout southern Yemen between July 25 and July 27, including an attempted coordinated attack on military locations in Mahfad.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a series of tweets today eulogizing a Saudi fighter killed during clashes in Sa’adah.
Al Qaeda wing seeks to set up ’emirate’ in east Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters distributed a statement this weekend in Hadramout province restricting women’s participation in public life. Amid its ongoing assassination campaign in the province, the terror group also stated its intention to establish an Islamic emirate in Yemen headed by Nasir al Wuhayshi.
Anders Cameroon Ostensvig Dale, a Norwegian who joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in 2008, is thought to have been trained under AQAP bomb maker Ibrahim al Asiri or one of his lieutenants.
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AQAP militants attacked the deputy governor’s residence in Baydha province today, just three months after assassinating Baydha’s previous deputy governor, Hussein al Dayan.
White House fears al Qaeda offshoot may be planning bomb plot on airliner flying to America
AQAP fighters assaulted Seyoun Airport in Hadramout on June 26, taking partial control over it before Yemeni forces launched a counteroffensive; in a simultaneous attack, an AQAP suicide car bombing killed five soldiers at a military base in Seyoun.
Shawki Ali Ahmed al Badani was involved in the 2013 plot to attack US diplomatic facilities throughout the world, as well as the US embassy in Sana’a and a suicide attack that killed more than 100 Yemeni soldiers. The US targeted Badani in a drone strike late last year.
Southern Yemeni tribal leader Tareq al Fadhli broke the terms of his house arrest in Aden and announced that he has joined AQAP.
An AQAP commander known as Musaad al Habashi was among five AQAP members traveling in the vehicle in Shabwa province when US drones struck.
A suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attack on key power lines in Marib province has cut off electricity throughout the country for the past two days.
The Yemeni military is preparing to expand its offensive against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to include central provinces such as Marib and Baydha.
Interpol calls for policing aid to Yemen