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 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 […]