Posts Tagged ‘Yemen’

U.S. Seeks Russia’s Help in Removing Assad in Syria

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Modeled on the transfer of power in Yemen, an Obama administration proposal calls for the cooperation of Moscow, which appears open to the idea.

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Saudis pledge $3.5bn for Yemen

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Saudi Arabia pledges $3.5bn in aid to neighbouring Yemen, which is facing political instability and a possible humanitarian catastrophe.

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Saudis Pledge $3.25 Billion in Aid to Yemen

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Saudi Arabia, concerned that chaos in Yemen is creating an al Qaeda base on its doorstep, pledged aid to its neighbor at a donor group meeting.

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UN condemns Yemen suicide bombing

Monday, May 21st, 2012

The UN condemns as “heinous” a suicide attack in Yemen that killed more than 90 soldiers, which al-Qaeda said it carried out.

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VIDEO: Jordan treating victims of Mid-East violence

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Six years ago a group of surgeons opened a temporary clinic in Jordan to operate on Iraqis with injuries untreatable in their home country, but recent violence in Libya, Yemen and Syria has led to the project being extended and expanded

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More than 100 Yemen troops die in blast

Monday, May 21st, 2012

A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform set off a blast that killed more than 100 soldiers Monday, authorities said, in what appears to be the deadliest attack ever on troops in Yemen.

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Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalized

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said.

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U.S. Drone Attack Kills 6

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Yemeni government says they killed 15.

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Drone hits 7 al Qaeda militants in Yemen

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

A U.S. drone strike killed seven suspected al Qaeda militants Saturday in the Mareb province of Yemen, part of a continuing air campaign against the terror organization, security officials said.

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Drone Strike Kills 6 Qaeda Militants, Yemen Says

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 11 al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, Yemeni military officials said.

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Agent in bomb plot held UK passport

Friday, May 11th, 2012

New details are emerging about the man sent by Saudi counterterrorism agents into Yemen as a mole when it emerged that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was developing another airline bomb plot.

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U.S. launches airstrike in Yemen as new details surface about bomb plot

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The United States launched airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday that killed as many as seven militants, the second American missile attack in the country since the CIA and other spy agencies disrupted an al-Qaeda airline bomb plot , U.S. officials said. Read full article > >

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Al-Qaeda bomb ‘foiled by insider’

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

A bomb plot by a Yemen-based al-Qaeda group involving an updated “underwear bomb” was foiled by insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.

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Al-Qaeda airline bomb plot disrupted, U.S. says

Monday, May 7th, 2012

The CIA and overseas intelligence partners disrupted an al-Qaeda plot to blow up civilian aircraft using an advanced explosive device designed by the terrorist network’s affiliate in Yemen, U.S. officials said Monday. Read full article > >

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Officials: Drone kills 13 in Yemen

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

A U.S. drone hit an al Qaeda training site in southern Yemen, killing 13 suspected militants, three security officials said.

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