Tag Archives: Yemen

Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for an April 30 mortar attack on the Italian Embassy in Sana’a. The shells fell short and landed near the neighboring Customs Ministry. Al Qaeda earlier claimed responsibility for a March 18 mortar attack that missed the US embassy, and an April 6 mortar attack on a western residential compound that […]

Fifteen people were killed and 35 wounded at a mosque bombing in the northern Sa’ada province where a four-year war between the government and Zaidi Shiite rebels has displaced 77,000 people. The government has placed the blame on rebel leader Abdul Malik al Houthi after detaining several suspects. Houthi denied the charges, saying the attack […]

Two explosions rocked the customs ministry adjacent to the Italian embassy in Sana’a. Offices had not opened yet. No injuries were reported. The blasts were caused by mortars the defense ministry said, but a security official said two car bombs were left inside the compound. A witness said bombs at the exterior wall caused the […]

In northern Yemen, six Shiite rebels and two pro-government tribesmen were killed in renewed fighting in the four-year-old Sa’ada war. In southern Yemen, one protester was killed when demonstrators stormed a police station in efforts to free opposition activists imprisoned after recent riots.

Fahd al Quso, a convicted operative behind the USS Cole attack, is free in Yemen. Al Quso and his counterpart Jamal al Badawi escaped from Yemeni jail in 2003 and again in 2006. They were indicted in absentia in the US on 50 offenses each. “Saleh gave no clear answers about the suspect, Jamal al-Badawi,” […]

Citing security concerns following recent attacks in Yemen, the UN closed some of its offices, erected blast walls around its headquarters, and pulled out some nonessential staffers. On Monday suspected pirates fired on a Japanese oil tanker 270 miles off the coast of Aden and hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked; no one was injured.

A Member of Parliament for the ruling party and a prominent sheikh, Saleh al Hindi was shot dead Friday by gunmen in the northwestern region of Sa’ada, where a four-year war threatens to renew. Qatari mediators withdrew from Sa’ada on Thursday. Before joining the ruling party in 2004, Hendi was a leader of the opposition […]

An explosion that killed three soldiers in the eastern province of Marib was caused by a landmine or by a remote control device. Two earlier attacks on military checkpoints in Hadramout which killed one soldier were claimed by al Qaeda in an Internet posting. A soldier was killed in Marib on Saturday when gunmen opened […]

FBI Director Robert Mueller met Yemeni President Saleh in Sana’a Wednesday to discuss the terror attack on the US embassy March 18 and a mortar attack on a western housing complex April 6. Mueller also requested the extradition of convicted USS Cole bomber, Jamal al Badawi. No injuries were reported in an explosion near the […]

An Internet posting by al Qaeda in Yemen, which claimed responsibility for Sunday’s mortar attacks on a residential compound in Sana’a, said the group perpetrated the attacks Saturday on two security checkpoints in Hadramout, southern Yemen that left one soldier dead and several wounded. The statement said the group would not rest until all polytheists […]

The US State Department ordered the evacuation of all nonessential embassy personnel following a mortar attack on a residential complex housing western diplomats and oil workers. The US Embassy was targeted by mortars in mid-March. No injuries were sustained in either attack. In an Internet statement, al Qaeda in Yemen claimed Sunday’s mortar attack was […]

Local sources report a residential compound for foreign oil workers was targeted by mortars in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a. Al Qaeda operatives launched three mortars at the US Embassy in Sana’a in March that landed in a school yard, injuring several students. After a week of riots in South Yemen, two protesters were killed today by […]

Al Qaeda in Yemen released its first internet propaganda video today. The group, also known as the Yemen Soldiers Brigade, earlier claimed responsibility for two lethal attacks on tourists in Yemen and a March mortar attack on the US Embassy in Sana’a. The video opens with old audio of Osama bin Laden, goes on to […]

Under a 2003 mutual security agreement, on Wednesday Yemen extradited four al Qaeda operatives to Saudi Arabia, after President Saleh returned from a visit with Saudi King Abdullah. No extradition treaty exists with the US or UK. Under a treaty recently inked with Spain, Yemen will extradite Nabil Nanakli, a Spanish-Syrian national sentenced to death […]