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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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AQAP Fighters Seize Control of Yemeni Town, Swear Allegiance to Zawahiri
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken control of yet another major town in Yemen. The AQAP fighters are led by the brother-in-law of Anwar al Awlaki, and they have sworn allegiance to Ayman...