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...
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Suicide Bomber Kills 20 Police Cadets in Yemeni Capital
A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in an attack at a police academy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. The attack is the latest suicide bombing to target Yemeni security forces....
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4 AQAP Fighters Killed in Drone Strike in Southern Yemen
The US killed four people, including two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, in a drone airstrike in southern Yemen. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired missiles at a vehicle...
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US Drones Kill AQAP Commander, 2 Fighters in Southern Yemen
US drones killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and two fighters in an airstrike near the southern port city of Aden today. The remotely piloted Predators or the more hea...
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Zarqawi’s Nephew Killed in Yemen Drone Strike
A Jordanian member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who was the nephew of former al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed in a drone strike earlier this year, according to a ma...
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US Drone Strike Kills 9 AQAP Fighters in Yemen
The US launched an airstrike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters who have fled the two major strongholds in southern Yemen. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired missile...
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AQAP Suicide Bomber Kills Nearly 100 Yemeni Troops in Capital
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed more than 90 Yemeni troops as they practiced for a parade in the capital of Sana'a. The suicide bomber was dressed as a so...
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US Drone Strikes Kill 7 AQAP Fighters, 8 Civilians in Yemen
The US launched two drone strikes today in a city in southern Yemen that is currently under the control of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Seven AQAP fighters and eight civilians are reported...
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USS Cole Bomber Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen
A senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who is wanted for his involvement in the USS Cole attack in 2000 and a failed airplane bombing over Detroit in 2009, and who currently leads a te...
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AQAP Overruns Yemeni Army Bases, Kills 32 Soldiers
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attacked two Yemeni military bases in a contested area of southern Yemen today, killing 32 troops and capturing several more after overrunning the outposts....
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Egyptian Jihadist Killed in Recent US Predator Strike in Yemen
An Egyptian jihadist who fought alongside al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and its political front, Ansar al Sharia, was killed in a recent US drone strike in the southern Yemeni province of Sha...
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AQAP Commander Thought Killed in US Drone Strike
A senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who trained at a camp in Afghanistan more than a decade ago was killed in a recent airstrike in southern Yemen. The airstrike is one of two thoug...
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US Predators Strike Again in Southern Yemen
US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike today in an area that is currently under the terror group's control. The unmanned and heavily armed Pred...
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AQAP, Yemeni Forces Battle in South
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula continues to expand its military operations in southern Yemen. While AQAP forces fight the Yemeni Army to a standstill in Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Aby...
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US Drones Kill 8 AQAP Fighters in Southern Yemen
US drones killed eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including three foreign "Arabs," in an airstrike in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa late last night. The unmanne...
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AQAP Takes Control of Another Town in Southern Yemen
The Yemen Post reported today that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has seized control of yet another population center in southern Yemen. The coastal town of Radum in Shabwa province i...
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‘Missiles From the Sea’ Kill 16 AQAP Fighters in Zinjibar
Reports from Yemen indicate that "missiles fired from the sea" killed 16 AQAP fighters on the outskirts of Zinjibar. From...
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US Drone Strike Kills 3 AQAP Fighters in Yemen
Unmanned US Predators and Reapers killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters during a raid in the terrorist-controlled city of Jaar last night. The strike is the third of its kind in...
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AQAP Raid Decimates Yemeni Mechanized Battalion
The toll from last Sunday's raid by an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula assault force against a Yemeni Army base in Al Koud continues to rise as the bodies of more soldiers are recovered. A...
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US Drone Strike Kills 11 AQAP Leaders, Fighters: Report
Eleven terrorists, including four local commanders, are reported to have been killed in a US drone airstrike in a southern Yemeni province where al Qaeda's affiliate controls significant gro...