US drone strike kills 6 AQAP fighters in central Yemen
The strike took place in the Wadi Abida district in Marib province. US drones have targeted the area six times since October 2012.
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Yemen
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed 10 soldiers and a civilian in an attack at a military police headquarters in Mukalla. Yemeni officials claimed that security forces have killed and wounded hundreds of AQAP fighters and dozens of leaders during operations in the south since April 29.
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Security forces killed seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters during a shootout in Abyan and Shabwa provinces. Gunmen killed three soldiers in Sana’a. A CIA officer and a US military officer killed two kidnappers in Sana’a last month.
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Pakistani, Algerian, French al Qaeda fighters killed or captured during Yemeni operation
A bomb expert from the Russian Republic of Dagestan was also reported to have been killed during the Yemeni military offensive in the south.
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Four soldiers and three al Qaeda fighters were killed during AQAP attacks on two security checkpoints in Sana’a. Three people were killed as AQAP ambushed the defense minister’s convoy in Abyan. Security forces killed a Saudi AQAP fighter and captured two French fighters, who were identified as Mourad Abdulla Abad and Taha al Issawi.
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Security forces killed an al Qaeda operative thought to be behind kidappings and murders of foreigners and others in the capital. The military has entered the AQAP stronghold of Azzan in Shabwa and killed two AQAP operatives. The US closed down its embassy in Sana’a due to security concerns.
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Witness in Terrorism Case Recalls Being Taken Hostage in Yemen
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The Yemeni military claimed that it has retaken control of the district of Al Mahfad in Abyan province. The district was under al Qaeda control for more than two years. AQAP bombed the district headquarters before withdrawing.
Saudi DNA results confirm neither Asiri nor Wuhayshi killed in US drone strike
Saudi DNA results released today confirm that the corpse transferred from Yemen following the US drone strikes in Shabwa on April 20-21 is neither Nasir al Wuhayshi, AQAP’s emir and al Qaeda’s deputy manager, nor Ibrahim al Asiri, AQAP’s master bomb maker.
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A Frenchman who worked for the European Union mission in the capital of Sana’a was gunned down by unidentified assailants. Two other Frenchmen and a Yemeni national were wounded in the ambush.
Saudis, Chechens, Afghans killed during recent fighting in southern Yemen
Foreigners are said to make up the majority of the 37 al Qaeda fighters killed during Yemeni military operations in the southern province of Shabwa.
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An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed six soldiers and wounded 20 in an attack at a checkpoint in Shabwa province. Yemeni officials claimed that 37 AQAP fighters, including “Saudis, Afghans, Somalis and Chechens and other nationalities,” were killed during military operations in Shabwa.
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AQAP notes death of local leader in drone strike
Ali bin Lakraa’ al Kazimi, the leader of Ansar al Sharia in Al Mahfad district, was killed in a US drone strike on April 20.
Yemen expands southern offensive against AQAP
The Yemeni military has expanded its offensive against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to include Abyan, Shabwa, Baydha, and Sana’a provinces, and announced today that 72 militants have been killed.
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Yemen begins southern offensive against AQAP
Yesterday, the Yemeni military began what appears to be a forceful push into al Mahfad, the lawless border region and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula stronghold between Abyan and Shabwa provinces that was the site of a US strike on an AQAP training camp on April 20.
Review board recommends indefinite detainee at Guantanamo be transferred
Ali Ahmad Mohamed al Razihi is one of the 48 detainees President Obama’s Guantanamo Review Task Force said should be held in indefinite military detention. But a Periodic Review Board has now recommended that he be transferred to his home country of Yemen.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took control of a hospital and two medical centers in Azzan after US and Yemeni airstrikes targeted the group over the weekend. A foreigner killed two kidnappers in Sana’a.
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The US killed more than 30 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a pair of drone strikes yesterday and today. AQAP bomb maker Ibrahim al Asiri was targeted in one strike, and a training camp in another. AQAP warned tribes in Azzan not to join the anti-al Qaeda Popular Committees.
US targets AQAP master bomb maker in 2 strikes in Yemen
Ibrahim al Asiri is said to be the target of a drone strike that hit a vehicle. The day before, another US and Yemeni attack killed more than 30 AQAP fighters at a training camp.
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Three airstrikes near al-Mahfad in Abyan province in southern Yemen today killed as many as 25 militants from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A US drone strike yesterday killed 16 AQAP militants and five civilians in central Baydah province.
US drone strike kills 16 AQAP fighters, 5 civilians
A pickup packed with AQAP fighters was hit as it traveled on a highway in Baydah province.
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Yemen FM calls for donor money to fight security threats