Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — On May 3, Yemen reported the killing of a Chechen commander of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Security sources said Chechens have been playing an expanding role in AQAP. They said AQAP has been recruiting Muslims from such Russian provinces as Chechnya and Dagestan as well as neighboring Kazakhstan […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen and the United States have launched intense air strikes on Al Qaida. Officials said up to 55 Al Qaida fighters were killed in U.S. and Yemeni air strikes on insurgency camps in the Arab state. The officials said several Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula camps, which contained members […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has been investigating Al Qaida’s infiltration of the Gulf Arab military. Yemeni sources said intelligence agencies were interrogating military officers as well as Islamists in wake of an Al Qaida suicide bombing at the Defense Ministry that killed nearly 60 people last month. The sources said the attack pointed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Al Qaida has disproved the claim by the United States that the Islamist network was defeated. Leading U.S. analysts, including former military commanders, acknowledged that Al Qaida defied the assessment of the intelligence community and President Barack Obama. In early 2013, Obama announced that Al Qaida was declining and a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida was believed to have infiltrated Yemen’s military. Officials acknowledged that Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula might have penetrated the mid-level officer corps of the Yemeni military. The officials said this enabled AQIM to target the Yemeni military and Defense Ministry. “This situation can not be ignored,” a […]
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 ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has linked the arrest of two suspected insurgents to an Al Qaida plot against Western embassies in the Gulf. Officials said two Muslims arrested in July were determined to have planned suicide strikes on Western embassies and other interests in the Gulf. They said the suspects, a […]