Yemen’s al-Qaida thrives on Sunni backlash to Shiite rebels
Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen is surging in strength, finding new support and recruits among the country’s Sunni tribesmen, in a backlash to drone strikes and the rise to power of…
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US says it was unaware of SAfrican hostage talks
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA The United States did not know about talks on the reportedly imminent release of a South African hostage who died in a U.S. raid on al-Qaida militants…
American, South African hostages killed in Yemen
By JULIE PACE and AHMED AL-HAJ An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, U.S.-led raid to free them from al-Qaida-affiliated militants in Yemen,…
Yemen’s al-Qaida threatens US hostage in new video
By AHMED AL-HAJ Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen threatened an American hostage kidnapped over a year ago, giving Washington three days to meet unspecified demands in a new video released Thursday.…
US SUSPECT POSSIBLY TARGETED FOR DRONE ATTACK
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. An American…
AL-QAIDA IN YEMEN APOLOGIZES FOR HOSPITAL ATTACK
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE – This Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 file photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry shows paramedics loading a victim into an ambulance after an explosion at the…
YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
US: AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA A SECURITY RISK
By EMERY P. DALESIO FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Wake County Sheriff’s Office via The News & Observer, shows Basit Javed Sheikh. Sheikh, 29, of Cary,…