Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has reported a foiled plot to bomb its liquefied gas export terminal. Officials said Yemeni security forces stopped a car bombing of the LNG export terminal in Balhaf on June 2. They said the car exploded prematurely outside the $4.5 billion facility and killed the suspected suicide attacker. The [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida has recovered from a U.S.-led counter-insurgency campaign and seized areas along the coast of Yemen. The Yemeni Interior Ministry acknowledged that Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has restored units and captured an area near the port city of Mukalla. The ministry said AQAP, based in neighboring Saudi [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen continues to be plagued by fighter-jet accidents. On May 13, a Yemen Air Force fighter-jet exploded in mid-air over Sanaa. The Defense Ministry said the Russian-origin Su-22 combat plane then crashed into a residential district of the capital. “The Defense Ministry established a panel to investigate the incident,” the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has sought to bolster security along its 1,600 kilometer border with Yemen. Officials said the Saudi Interior Ministry has been directing a security crackdown along the kingdom’s border with Yemen. The officials said the effort included the capture of hundreds of infiltrators from Yemen, the reinforcement of [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has been secretly hosting a U.S. military base assigned to attack Al Qaida in neighboring Yemen. U.S. media reports asserted that the CIA was using a remote base in Saudi Arabia for attacks in Yemen. The report, which were not denied by the administration of President Barack Obama, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has confirmed the interception of an Iranian weapons boat. The Sanaa government said the Coast Guard captured an Iranian vessel that tried to bring missiles and explosives to insurgents in Yemen. A government statement said the ship contained Russian-origin SA-2 and SA-3 surface-to-air missiles concealed by a diesel tank. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Yemen has seized a shipment of surface-to-air missiles believed sent by Iran. Officials said the Yemen Navy captured a ship that contained a large cache of weapons believed to stem from Iran. They said the ship, which was not registered in Iran, was transporting surface-to-air missiles. “Authorities are continuing to [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has determined that U.S.-origin firearms were smuggled to Yemen. Officials said the Turkish Customs and Trade Ministry investigated a shipment of 3,000 pistols to Yemen last month. They said the ministry determined that the pistols marked a variant of firearms manufactured in the United States. “These were not Turkish-produced [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States was said to planning to build at least three military bases in Yemen. Yemeni sources said the administration of President Barack Obama intends to enhance defense and military cooperation in 2013 with a range of new projects. They said this would include arms deliveries and the construction [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has detailed accusations that Iran was sending weapons to rebels. A senior official said the Teheran regime was training and funding Shi’ite rebels in the north. Maj. Gen. Ali Al Ahmadi, president of the National Security Board, said Iran was supporting a new drive by the Believing Youth movement, [...]
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