Tag Archives: Yemen

The Supreme Security Committee admitted that Shia Houthi rebels killed 12 soldiers and pro-government tribesmen, wounded 55, and captured 228 more during fighting in Harf Sufyan. The government previously that denied any soldiers were captured by the Houthis.

Shia Houthi rebels released 200 soldiers captured earlier this week; Yemen denied the soldiers were captured. President Saleh offered to bring the Houthis into the political process.

Six Yemeni troops and three al Qaeda fighters were killed in a clash in Shabwa province. Shia Houthi rebels reportedly captured between 70 and 200 Yemeni soldiers in Amran province.

An adviser to the president said that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula senior leader Anwar al Awlaki “was not at all radicalized in Yemen.” Sixty-nine people have been killed during five days of fighting between the Houthis and government forces n the north.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed five Yemeni soldiers in an ambush on a convoy in Shabwa province. Nineteen people were killed during clashes between the military and Houthi rebels in Harf Sufyan.

Security forces detained 19 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Marib province and 11 more in Hadramout province. Police have also step up security in Marib and Jawf to prevent al Qaeda attacks on infrastructure.

AL Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters assaulted security and intelligence installations in Zinjibar in Abyan province; three al Qaeda fighters and two people were reported killed. The US transferred Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini to Yemen despite the ban on detainee transfers to the country due to the security situation.

Security forces detained 10 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Hadrmout province. AQAP claimed the June 19 attack on a security headquarters in Aden that killed 11 people. A court upheld the death sentence of four AQAP operatives involved in terror attacks.

Two soldiers were killed during a clash with al Qaeda fighters in Hadramout province. Security forces killed a Saudi al Qaeda member in Shabwa province. “Terrorists” set a power plant in Hadramout on fire.

Security forces detained four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters suspected of killing an intelligence colonel. Houthi rebels violated a ceasefire and killed three people in an attack on the home of a pro-government tribal chief in Amran province.

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior intelligence officer who worked on al Qaeda and southern secessionist problems. The colonel was gunned down by shooters on a motorcycle while he was near his home in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has issued hit lists for top Yemeni military, police, and […]