Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen’s oil pipeline continues to come under attack by tribes. On Nov. 29, opposition tribal fighters bombed Yemen’s main oil export pipeline. Sources said the attack again blocked the flow of oil to Yemen’s oil terminal at Ras Issa along the Red Sea. “Every time the tribes want more money […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has reported security dividends from its new high-tech barrier along the border with Yemen. Officials said the new security fence along the Yemeni border has helped track smugglers and infiltrators. They said the fence, installed by French contractors, was providing data on infiltration to a Saudi command […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has reported the capture of a leading Al Qaida agent. Officials said Yemen nabbed a leading operative of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula accused of killing of a senior military commander. The officials said the operative, identified as Omar Salem, was detained in the southeastern province of Hadramaut […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has been using an advanced air-to-ground missile to kill Al Qaida operatives in Yemen, a report said. Human Rights Watch said the U.S. Special Forces Command was firing the Hellfire missile in operations against Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. In a report, the New York-based group […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has reported the foiling of an Al Qaida offensive. The Defense Ministry said special operations forces repelled attacks by Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen. The ministry said SOF units regained control of a Yemen Army headquarters in Mukalla, captured two days earlier by AQAP. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — After a lull of nearly two years, Al Qaida has resumed large-scale attacks in Yemen. The military has acknowledged an assault by Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula on facilities in southern Yemen. Officials said nearly 60 troops were killed in attacks on three locations in the southern province of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Yemen, in a move meant to promote reconciliation, has reinstated hundreds of military and police officers dismissed under the regime of then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemeni President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ordered the reinstatement of some 700 military and police officers dismissed by the Saleh regime after the civil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has requested military unmanned aerial vehicles from the United States. Officials said Yemen has relayed a formal request for medium-range UAVs for the military. They said the UAVs would eventually take over U.S. operations to eliminate Al Qaida in Yemen. [The evacuation of U.S. embassies across the Middle East […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida has vowed to intensify operations in at least two Arab states. Al Qaida has issued warnings of an intensified campaign in Iraq and Yemen. In separate statements, Al Qaida said the targets would be the U.S.-backed regime in Sanaa and the Iranian-backed government in Baghdad. “They will not […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, expecting an imminent Al Qaida strike, has withdrawn government personnel from Yemen. Officials said the State Department requested an immediate airlift of personnel from the U.S. embassy in Sanaa. They said the evacuation by two U.S. air transports, which did not include military personnel, was conducted by […]