Yemen
US drones killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in Lahj. AQAP fighters killed five soldiers in an attack at a checkpoint outside of the Balhaf liquefied natural gas export terminal in Hadramout province.
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US kills 2 AQAP fighters in drone strike in southern Yemen
The US has launched nine strikes in Yemen in the past 14 days. The strike in Lahj is the first recorded in the southern province.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen Terror Boss Left Blueprint for Waging Jihad
Analysis: Recent embassy closures triggered by Zawahiri communications with multiple subordinates
The Long War Journal has confirmed a report by the Daily Beast saying that multiple al Qaeda operatives were involved in the intercepted communications that led to the closure of more than 20 US diplomatic facilities.
Yemen
US drones killed six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives and two civilians in a pair of strikes in Hadramout province. Yemeni officials are denying that AQAP plotted to take over the city of Mukallah and two petroleum export facilities.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Yemen Branch Plot Prompted U.S. Alert
Al Qaeda
Yemen Steps Back from Plot Claims, Highlighting US Challenge
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch eyes a new haven
US targets AQAP in 2 more drone strikes, kills 6 operatives
The US has dramatically stepped up its targeting of AQAP as a plot to attack US facilities has unfolded. There have been four strikes in the past two days, and eight in 12 days.
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Dutch embassy in Yemen was potential terror target: Foreign Minister
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Aussies working with al-Qa’ida identified amid calls for Yemeni evacuation
Yemen
US drones struck for the fifth time in 11 days, killing seven al Qaeda operatives in a strike in Shabwa province. The government said it foiled an al Qaeda plot to take control of the provincial capital of Mukallah and seize the Balhaf and Al Dabbah gas and oil export facilities.
US strikes twice in Yemen, kills 11 AQAP operatives in drone attacks
The US has launched six strikes in 11 days. The strikes are part of a US effort hit al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, whose emir is at the center of the plot to conduct attacks on Western targets.
US kills 4 AQAP operatives in Yemen drone strike
The strike, which took place in the central province of Marib, is the fourth in Yemen in 10 days.
Yemen
The government released a list of 25 most-wanted terrorists, including Ibrahim Sulaiman Mohammed al Rubaish, a key leader in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and former Guantanamo detainee. The government offered a $23,000 reward for information leading to the capture of any of the wanted men, who are believed to be planning terrorist attacks […]
Yemen
The US issued the order to close 22 diplomatic facilities across the Muslim world after receiving intelligence in Yemen of a plot by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. France, Britain, and Germany will also close their embassies on Aug. 4. One person was killed after former Republican Guards troops clashed with Presidential Guards soldiers […]
Local AQAP commander reported killed in recent US drone strike
Al Khidr Husayn al Ja’dani, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s emir for Abyan province, is thought to have been killed in the July 30 strike. He replaced an AQAP leader who was involved in the USS Cole attack.
Yemen
US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike at a training camp in the Qatan Valley in Hadramout province. President Hadi is in the US to discuss security issues with Defense Secretary Hagel.
US drones kill 5 AQAP operatives in Yemen
The strike is reported to have taken place at an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula training camp in the Qatan Valley in the eastern province of Hadramout.
Yemen
The US killed a Saudi and two Yemeni al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in a drone strike in Shabwa province. A Saudi diplomat claimed that Iran is smuggling weapons to Shia Houthi rebels via the neighboring country of Oman.
US drones strike again in Yemen, kill 3 AQAP operatives
“A known Saudi member” of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and two Yemenis are said to have been killed in the latest strike.
Yemen
The US killed six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike that targeted a vehicle as it traveled in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province. The strike is the first in seven weeks. An intelligence report from the United Kingdom described AQAP as al Qaeda’s “most innovative” affiliate.
US launches 1st drone strike in Yemen in 7 weeks
Six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are reported to have been killed in a strike on a vehicle traveling in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province, where AQAP has regrouped.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters gunned down a former senior government official in Abyan. Three men were detained by Yemeni border guards after wounding a Saudi soldier while attempting to cross into Saudi Arabia.
Yemen
Tribesmen kidnapped two Yemeni soldiers as they were traveling to their base in Daleh, and bombed the main oil pipeline in Marib. The US is unhappy that the Yemeni government pardoned a journalist who has been linked to al Qaeda.
Yemen
“Gunmen” kidnapped an Iranian diplomat as he was driving his car in the capital of Sana’a. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters gunned down a member of the Popular Resistance Committees in Mudia in Abyan province.
AQAP confirms deputy emir killed in US drone strike
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s mufti confirmed that Said al Shihri, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, was killed in a drone strike.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula executed a man in Lahj who is accused of being a homosexual. Two Dutch hostages appeared on a video and warned they would be executed in 10 days if the kidnapper’s demands are not met.
Yemen
Three soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the capital of Sana’a. The government said that a reporter was arrested for threatening the prime minister, and accused him of being tied to al Qaeda.
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Arms ship seized by Yemen may have been Somalia-bound: UN