Special to WorldTribune.com Both Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Al Qaida claimed responsibility for a series of deadly suicide bombings in Yemen in the past two days. At least 15 Yemeni troops were killed as ISIL jihadists unleashed three bombings and engaged in a gun battle outside the southeastern port city of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com About 2,000 Saudi-led coalition troops launched an offensive that drove Al Qaida jihadists from their Yemeni stronghold on April 24. More than 800 Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighters were killed and the remainder fled as the force of Yemeni and Emirati troops advanced on the port city of Mukalla, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Warplanes struck an Al Qaida camp in southern Yemen on April 3, a local official said. The official said four air strikes targeted Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) near the port city of Mukalla on Yemen’s south coast. Several jihadists were killed and many more injured in the attack. Though […]
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 — 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 […]