AQAP seizes southern Yemeni city
More than “300 Islamic militants and al Qaeda men” have taken control of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan.
More than “300 Islamic militants and al Qaeda men” have taken control of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan.
President Saleh has agreed to a ceasefire with powerful tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar after fighting between the two led to more than 120 people killed. An “armed group” has kidnapped three French citizens in Hadramout province.
Saudi Arabia scrambles to limit region’s upheaval
Twelve people were killed during a clash between Republican Guards forces and tribesmen in Nehm. The Yemeni air force killed 18 tribesmen in airstrikes in Nehm.
Signs that bin Laden weighed seeking Pakistani protection
President Saleh ordered the arrest of rival rival leader Sheikh Sadiq al- Ahmar and nine of his brothers for fomenting “armed rebellion.” Seventy-two people have been killed in heavy fighting in Sana’a over the past three days.
Al-Qaeda takes advantage of security vacuum in Yemen
Government forces loyal to President Saleh attacked the home of tribal leader Sadiq al Ahmar, who has sided with the opposition. The attack sparked heavy fighting in Sana’a, with nine people killed.
Spy, military ties aided bin Laden raid
Terror ‘franchises’ pose huge post-Bin Laden risk
The US has urged President Saleh to sign the agreement with the opposition and step down. Yemeni troops shelled tribesmen who have laid siege to a Republican Guards camp outside of Sana’a; one person was killed.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed two soldiers and a civilian in an attack in Mukalla in Hadhramout province. The family of Osama bin Laden’s Yemeni widow wants her to be returned home from Pakistan.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are thought to have killed a Yemeni soldier in Zinjibar in Lahj province. A security official claimed the government would take “drastic steps” to put an end to protests.
Russia opposes to foreign interference in Yemen
The opposition said the GCC-backed plan for president Saleh to step down from power is dead. A court is considering the appeal of two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives who were convicted of killing Spanish tourists.
Security forces killed three protesters. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed five soldiers in an ambush in Marib. Qatar said it no longer backed the GCC initiative for President Saleh to resign.
Signs of leadership void as al Qaeda pushes on
Big love: bin Laden’s six wives
Eulogies and fury: Jihadists eager to avenge bin Laden’s death
Pakistan’s effort to resocialize former Taliban
Osama bin Laden’s wife: ‘I’ll stand with you’
‘Pakistan wasn’t bin Laden’s only hideout,’ says Prime Minister Gilani
Diary: Bin Laden eyed new targets, big body count
Source: US needs permission to interview bin Laden wives
Security forces attacked and killed six anti-Saleh protesters in Taiz. Pakistan will repatriate Osama bin Laden’s wife, Aml Ahmed Abdul Al Fatah Al Sadah, to Yemen.
“Bin Laden remained an active leader in al Qaeda, providing strategic, operational and tactical instructions to the group,” a top US official reports.
Spies piece together al Qaeda playbook
The slain al Qaeda terror chief provided direction to “affiliates in Somalia and Yemen.”
Source: Bin Laden directing al-Qaida figures
The American member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who has targeted his home country was not killed in yesterday’s strike.