AQAP commander says ‘the Islamic Caliphate is coming’
Tariq al Dhahab, the brother-in-law of Anwar al Awalki, has called for the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Yemen and the imposition of sharia, or Islamic law.
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AQAP fighters seize control of Yemeni town, swear allegiance to Zawahiri
Rada’a has been taken over by Tareq al Dhahab, the brother-in-law of slain AQAP ideologue Anwar al Awlaki.
AQAP seizes another town in southern Yemen
Al Koud is the latest town in Abyan province to fall to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
AQAP claims media emir is alive
Ansar al Sharia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s political front, said that Ibrahim al Bana was not killed in the strike that killed Anwar al Awlaki’s son.
AQAP denies emir Nasir al Wuhayshi killed in US airstrike
In a new AQAP periodical released by the recently formed Madad News Agency, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said their emir “is very well.”
US airstrikes kill AQAP fighters in southern Yemen
Eleven AQAP fighters are said to have been killed in recent airstrikes in Abyan province.
US airstrikes in southern Yemen kill 30 AQAP fighters: report
US airstrikes are said to have freed a Yemeni military unit in Abyan that was under siege by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. US intelligence officials expressed doubts about reports that AQAP’s leader was killed.
AQAP’s Ansar al Sharia releases video of suicide attack
The political front for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula published a videotape of the July 25 suicide attack that killed five Yemeni soldiers and wounded 25 more.
US airstrike kills 6 al Qaeda fighters in Yemen: report
The nighttime airstrike targeted a police station in Abyan province that had been recently overrun by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters.