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Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen

5/20/2012

A record number of African refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year. Most are from Ethiopia. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic says more people are crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to get to Yemen. “There are now more than 43,000 people – migrants and refugees – from the Horn of Africa who have reached Yemen during the first four months of this year. We are looking at the record figures compared to the same period last year or any other year before,” he said.

Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent'

5/13/2012

Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent. US officials are quoted as saying that the person dispatched by Yemen-based al-Qaeda to attack a US-bound plane had infiltrated the group.

Yemen plot exposes new world of US spying

5/13/2012

As details of the foiled al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airline became public, the world learned not only about a daring operation to stop terrorists, but also about the new reality of how U.S. intelligence works.

Al Qaeda in Yemen has "whole outfit" devoted to attacking U.S.

5/13/2012

The Yemeni branch of al Qaeda now has "a whole outfit designated to target the U.S. homeland," according to a source closely working with U.S. intelligence agencies and the military.

Drone strike kills 8 militants in south Yemen

5/13/2012

A U.S. drone strike killed eight militants in southern Yemen Thursday morning, continuing a coordinated assault on al Qaeda and its affiliates in the area, security officials said

US Foils al-Qaida Airliner Bomb Plot

5/13/2012

The United States has broken up an al-Qaida plot to place a bomb aboard a U.S.-bound airliner. A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) statement said close cooperation with overseas security and intelligence partners enabled the thwarting of the plot, which involved an improvised explosive device (IED).

US Drone Strike Kills 11 AQAP Leaders, Fighters

3/18/2012

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 ground.

With Arms for Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role

3/15/2012

WASHINGTON — In the past several months, Iran appears to have increased its political outreach and arms shipments to rebels and other political figures in Yemen as part of what American military and intelligence officials say is a widening Iranian effort to extend its influence across the greater Middle East.

Risks rise for African migrants on Yemen-Saudi border

3/15/2012

The discovery of 70 battered men and women held captive in a remote area of Yemen has sparked an investigation into the torture and extortion of African immigrants by criminal gangs.

Suicide bomber kills four Yemeni soldiers

3/13/2012

(Reuters) - At least four Yemeni soldiers were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle laden with explosives near a checkpoint in the south of the country, a police source said, in an attack claimed by an al Qaeda-linked group.

UN says Yemen violence forcing families to flee

3/11/2012

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A U.N. body says Yemeni civilians are fleeing their homes because of tribal clashes in the north and battles between the military and al-Qaida militants in the south.

US, Yemen agree to restart military training to tackle Al Qaeda

3/7/2012

US and Yemeni officials have agreed to restart a controversial military-training program to help the new president tackle Al Qaeda militants as part of planned enhanced counter-terrorism relationship.

Yemen: American Trainers Attacked

3/5/2012

A gunman opened fire on an American security team that was training Yemeni soldiers in the south of the country, the Pentagon said Friday, but denied claims by a militant Islamist group that a C.I.A. officer had been killed in the assault.

Yemen’s peaceful transition

3/1/2012

In the turbulent annals of the Arab Spring, last weekend’s ceremony in Yemen was so quiet it was barely noticed. But it marked the transfer of power from an aging autocrat who had ruled his country for nearly 34 years to a new leader who’s saying the right things about reform.

More Than Drones Needed to Fight Yemen's al-Qaida

2/25/2012

Yemen's new transitional government is facing an emboldened al-Qaida presence, and the United States and others have pledged to help fight them. But after a year of political unrest, they face an uphill battle.

Washington's War in Yemen Backfires

2/22/2012

Gen. Mohammed al-Sumali sits in the passenger seat of his armored Toyota Land Cruiser as it whizzes down the deserted highway connecting the Yemeni port city of Aden to Abyan province, where Islamist militants have overrun the provincial capital of Zinjibar.

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