AQAP praises Shabaab’s activities in East Africa
In the latest issue of its Sada al-Malahem magazine, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) heaped significant praise on recent operations conducted by Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East...
Abyan Governorate
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula names new emir; U.S. has $6 million bounty on his head
In a newly released video, Ibrahim al-Qosi, a veteran official within al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), announced the sudden death of AQAP’s emir, Khalid al-Batarfi. At the same time,...
Op-eds
Why is President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia important now?
US President Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week for meetings with King Salman and other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council appears first and foremost to be about reassuranc...
Op-eds
Another town in southern Yemen reportedly falls to AQAP
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) fighters reportedly seized the southern Yemeni town of Ahwar earlier today. A Twitter feed maintained by AQAP’s political and military front...
Op-eds
AQAP Capitalizes on the Chaos in Yemen
Two coordinated suicide attacks believed to be carried out by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on...
Policy Briefs
Who Benefits from Yemen’s Houthi crisis?
It was reported Sunday that the Yemeni government and Houthi Shiite rebels signed an...
Op-eds
AQAP’s Shifting Tactics in Yemen
Yesterday, al Qaeda militants staged a coordinated attack on a Yemeni military headquarters...
Policy Briefs
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen Branch Eyes a New Haven
Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen is focusing on expanding its presence in a remote eastern province that is the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, even as the group remains the target of U.S....
Op-eds
US Drone Strikes Kill Jordanian, Yemeni AQAP Operatives
The US targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in the first reported drone strikes in Yemen in seven weeks. In the first stirke, a Yemeni and a Jordanian AQAP operative are s...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Near Yemeni Capital Kills AQAP Commander, 2 Fighters
In a strike near the Yemeni capital of Sana'a last night, US drones killed an al Qaeda commander involved in the attack on the US Embassy in Sana'a in 2008, along with two fighters. The...
Op-eds
AQAP’s Top Sharia Official Killed in Recent Drone Strike
The US killed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's senior sharia, or Islamic law, official in a drone strike in early October, according to a Yemeni journalist who is closely connected to the...
Op-eds
US Drones Kill 4 AQAP Fighters in Yemen
US drones killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in southern Yemen, in the second such attack in the country in four days. The unmanned Predators or Reapers f...
Op-eds
AQAP Launches Complex Suicide Assault on Yemeni Army Base
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula mounted a complex attack, which included suicide bombers and an assault from the sea, against a Yemeni Army base in Shaqra in the south of the country today....
Op-eds
AQAP Leader, 8 Fighters Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen
US drones conducted their first strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen in two weeks, killing nine members, including one described by the Yemeni military as a "dangero...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills 4 al Qaeda ‘Militants’ in Southern Yemen
US drones conducted their first strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen in nearly a month, killing four "militants." The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired se...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Responsible for 4 Attacks on US Embassies in September
On and around September 11, 2012, al Qaeda attacked multiple American assets around the world. The attack that has received the most attention is the deadly attack on the American consulate in Be...
Op-eds
6 ‘Islamist Militants’ Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen
US drones struck yet again in Yemen's eastern province of Hadramout today, killing six "Islamist militants" in a strike on a compound. Today's strike is the fourth in Yemen in eight day...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills AQAP Operative Involved in Limburg Tanker Attack
A wanted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative who was involved in the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker was killed in a drone strike on Friday. And today, the US launched another strike...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills Saudi ‘Militant’ in Yemen
The US killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone strike in Yemen yesterday. The strike, which reportedly killed a Saudi jihadist, is the first in Yemen more than three week...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills 5 AQAP Fighters in Eastern Yemen
The US killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone airstrike in eastern Yemen. The strike is the first in Yemen in more than a month. The unmanned Predators or Reap...