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Academic shot dead in southern Yemen

Academic shot dead in southern Yemen

A Yemeni university professor was killed Sunday by unknown assailants outside his home in the southern province of Ad Dali, a local official has said.…

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Gunmen abduct Yemen president's chief of staff, Officials

Gunmen abduct Yemen president's chief of staff, Officials

Yemen— Gunmen abducted the chief of staff to Yemen's president early Saturday in the center of the capital, Sanaa, security officials said, starkly hi…

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Yemen bans motorcycle driving in Aden province

Yemen bans motorcycle driving in Aden province

A security committee in Aden, South Yemen, has banned motorcycle driving in all districts of the province starting from Wednesday. An official sour…

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Yemen: Presidential committee in Ma’rib to resolve Houthi–tribal tensions

Yemen: Presidential committee in Ma’rib to resolve Houthi–tribal tensions

A Yemeni presidential committee began a visit to Ma’rib province on Tuesday to resolve the escalating tensions following Houthi threats to attack the…

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Yemeni terror suspects held at Gitmo released to live in nearby Oman

Yemeni terror suspects held at Gitmo released to live in nearby Oman

The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that five Yemeni terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have been released. But despite concerns from la…

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New al Qaida claim in Paris attack offers no hard evidence of link

New al Qaida claim in Paris attack offers no hard evidence of link

The top spokesman for the Yemen branch of al Qaida publicly took credit Wednesday for the bloody attack on a French satirical newspaper, confirming a…

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Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has released a video claiming responsibility for last week's deadly attack by two gunmen on the offices of the satirical…

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Yemen Al-Qaeda Formed, Backed by US: Ansarullah

Yemen Al-Qaeda Formed, Backed by US: Ansarullah

A spokesman for Yemen's Shiite Ansarullah movement blamed the US for bringing al-Qaeda fighters into Yemen, saying intelligence services of the US and…

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Yemen president appoints police chiefs close to Shiite militia, Saleh

Yemen president appoints police chiefs close to Shiite militia, Saleh

Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has appointed top security officials known for their close ties to Shiite militiamen who have overrun the capit…

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12 al-Qaeda suspects go on trial in Yemen

12 al-Qaeda suspects go on trial in Yemen

Amanat Sanaa's criminal prosecution team on Tuesday (January 13th) referred to court the files of 12 al-Qaeda gunmen, including the primary suspect in…

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Presidential mediators arrive in Yemen's flashpoint Maarib

Presidential mediators arrive in Yemen's flashpoint Maarib

A presidential mediation team has arrived in Yemen's eastern Maarib province to "look into means of defusing tension" between Shiite Houthi militants…

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Pro-Houthi commander named Yemen's special forces chief

Pro-Houthi commander named Yemen's special forces chief

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi on Monday appointed a man affiliated with his country's Shiite Houthi movement as the new commander of Yemen'…

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Iranian to stand trial in Yemen on charges of spying for Israel

Iranian to stand trial in Yemen on charges of spying for Israel

Yemeni authorities announced yesterday that they arrested a person who holds the Iranian citizenship in the southern Hadramaut province on charges of…

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Al-Qaida in Yemen urges local and international jihad

Al-Qaida in Yemen urges local and international jihad

The al-Qaida offshoot that masterminded the bloody rampage in France has been the most active of the terror network’s branches in trying to strike…

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 Thousands Protest in Yemen Against President and Shiite Rebels

Thousands Protest in Yemen Against President and Shiite Rebels

Thousands of people have demonstrated in Yemen's capital to demand both the ouster of Shiite Houthi rebels who control the city as well as the coun…

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Member Of Al Qaeda In Yemen Says Group Directed Charlie Hebdo Attack

Member Of Al Qaeda In Yemen Says Group Directed Charlie Hebdo Attack

(AP) — Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor…

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Sources: Suspect sought in Paris attack had trained in Yemen

Sources: Suspect sought in Paris attack had trained in Yemen

The sources said Said Kouachi, 34, was in Yemen for a number of months training with al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the group's…

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Cherif Kouachi 'met jihadist terrorists in Yemen'

Cherif Kouachi 'met jihadist terrorists in Yemen'

The Paris prosecutor has given more details about what authorities knew of the two brothers who carried out the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offic…

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Al-Qaeda in Yemen says it's responsible for Paris attack

Al-Qaeda in Yemen says it's responsible for Paris attack

Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen claimed responsibility on Friday for the terrorist massacre at a Paris satirical weekly, drawing attention to a deadl…

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Al-Qaeda has become stronger than before  in Yemen, Analyst

Al-Qaeda has become stronger than before in Yemen, Analyst

The Yemeni political activist Jamal Al-Awadhi said to YemenOnline that al-Qaeda attacks increased in different Yemeni provinces than ever because&n…

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