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 WASHINGTON — Yemen and the United States have held a summit that focused on military and security cooperation. Officials said Yemeni President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi met administration leaders during his visit to Washington in late July/early August. The officials said the talks, attended by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, focused on Yemen […]
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 Geostrategy-Direct.com ABU DHABI — Al Qaida’s tactics have clearly changed, but the strategy remains the same — the expulsion of the United States from the Middle East. And last week, it worked. They’re now called Salafists, but thousands of them stormed U.S. embassies in Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States has resumed its air strike campaign against Al Qaida in Yemen. Officials said the U.S. military and intelligence community has intensified strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles in Yemen. They said U.S.-origin Predator UAVs were attacking suspected Al Qaida targets on a daily basis in southern provinces. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen intends to restructure its military and enhance the security of its new president. Officials said President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has ordered a restructuring of the military. The reorganization of the military was expected to be aided by the United States. The administration of President Barack Obama has significantly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Yemen Army has been struck hard by Al Qaida. At least 100 Yemeni soldiers were killed by a suspected Al Qaida suicide bomber in downtown Sanaa. Officials said the bomber, dressed in a Yemen Army uniform, slipped into a military parade rehearsal on May 21 and blew himself up […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Al Qaida leadership in Yemen was said to have been hit hard by U.S. air strikes. Yemeni sources said up to eight senior operatives of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula were killed in air strikes in the southern province of Abyan. The sources said AQAP leaders who were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has conducted an examination of Yemen’s defense and security requirements as part of a plan to increase aid to the Gulf Arab state. Officials said the U.S. review by the Defense Department began in wake of the election of President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who replaced Ali […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Thousands of soldiers have demanded the dismissal of Yemen’s Air Force commander and half-brother of ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Soldiers have been protesting Yemen Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Mohammed Saleh Al Ahmar, accused of corruption. Al Ahmar was meant to be replaced by Gen. Abdullah Al Yadoumi but […]