The United States has begun launching drone strikes against suspected al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen under new authority approved by President Obama that allows the CIA and the military to fire even when the identity of those who could be killed is not known, U.S. officials said. Read full article > >

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The fourth-most wanted al Qaeda leader in Yemen was killed on Tuesday in an airstrike in the northeastern province of Mareb, the Yemeni government announced.

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At least 18 Islamist militants are killed in an army offensive aimed at capturing the capital of Abyan province, Yemen’s defence ministry says.

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Twelve people are killed in an al-Qaeda attack on a checkpoint in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, police say.

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At least eight soldiers and three militants have been killed in an attack by militants on an army checkpoint in central Yemen, officials say.

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Gunmen have seized the Saudi deputy consul in the southern Yemeni city of Aden outside his home, police say.

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UNITED NATIONS — A reinvigorated al-Qaeda has made “alarming” advances in Yemen, expanding its military control over several southern towns and launching a series of brazen attacks that threaten the U.S.-backed political transition there, a senior U.N. envoy warned the Security Council in a confidential briefing this week. Read full article > >

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SANAA, YEMEN — The youth activists who spearheaded the uprising that ended President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule are now grappling with internal divisions, as politics and competing visions weaken one of the Arab world’s most dynamic revolts of the past year. Read full article > >

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Inside Yemen’s revolution, cracks appear as Saleh leaves

The Obama administration is prepared to increase assistance to Yemen if its new government moves quickly to restructure its military forces, stem official corruption and implement electoral reforms, a senior U.S. official said Monday. Read full article > >

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The renegade air force officers marched in the capital clutching banners and chanting, “Get out, get out,” a familiar cry in this country’s year-old uprising. They were not seeking the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but rather that of his half brother, who heads the air force. Read full article > >

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The radical Yemeni American cleric who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen in September personally directed the plot to take down a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, according to a Justice Department memo . Read full article > >

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Awlaki directed Christmas ‘underwear bomber’ plot, Justice Department memo says

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, who is seeking treatment for injuries sustained when the presidential palace was bombed in June, arrived on Saturday, officials said.

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Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in the US to receive medical treatment for injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt last June.

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The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran , al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates , among other threats. In response to requests from the U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos. Unofficially dubbed a “mothership,” the floating base could accommodate smaller high-speed boats and helicopters commonly used by Navy SEALs, procurement documents show. Read full article > >

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Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh told his countrymen Sunday that he is headed to the United States for medical treatment, and he has left the country for a first stop in Oman, according to reports. However, Obama administration officials declined to confirm that Saleh had been granted a medical visa to enter the United States. Read full article > >

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