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Yemen Court Sentences 11 al-Qaeda Militants
(SANAA, Yemen) — A Yemeni court on Tuesday sentenced 11 convicted al-Qaeda militants to up to 10 years in prison for forming armed gangs to destabilize the...
Yemen: U.S. Drone Strikes Kill 5 Al-Qaeda Suspects
(SANAA, Yemen) — Two U.S. drone strikes Wednesday killed at least five suspected al-Qaeda militants and destroyed the house of one of them in a mountainous area...
Yemen President Orders Military Shakeup
(SANAA, Yemen) — Yemen's president removed his predecessor's son and nephews from powerful security posts on Wednesday in the most dramatic step yet in...
The Executioner’s Tale: A Talk with one of Yemen’s Designated Killers
As the latest global figures show a downward trend in carrying out the death penalty, one of Yemen’s executioners reflects on what he does to make extra money
Al-Qaeda Denies its No. 2 in Yemen was Killed
(SANAA, Yemen) — Al-Qaeda in Yemen posted a statement on militant websites Monday saying that its second-most senior commander has not been killed. It was the...
Yemen: Ex-President Saleh Leaves for Saudi Arabia
(SANAA, Yemen) -- Officials at the airport of Yemen's capital Sanaa say former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has left for Saudi Arabia for medical treatment on a...
Yemen Clashes Between Al-Qaeda, Militiamen Kill 9
(SANAA, Yemen) — Yemini security officials say clashes in the south between al-Qaida and pro-government fighters have killed nine. The officials said Sunday...
Yemen Seeks U.N. Probe into Ship Seized with Arms
(UNITED NATIONS) — Yemen has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate a ship that Yemeni authorities said they seized with a cargo of Iranian-made...
The Innocence Protests Expose Deeper Tensions in Yemen
Yemen had no shortage of anti-Americanism on Sept. 13 when protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Sana’a to express their anger over Innocence of Muslims, an...
How Yemen May Defeat al-Qaeda
Could tiny, impoverished Yemen be showing the way to vanquish al-Qaeda? That’s the subject of my latest article in the current issue of TIME magazine. This...
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…the number of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen so far in 2012. That’s double the total for all of 2011. This year’s secret strikes have killed up to 180 people,...
In Yemen, a Controversial Memorial Makes an Important Point
When soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber, commanders face a quandary: the fallen deserve to be mourned, but to make a public show of grief could give the...
Al-Qaeda Brings the Fight to Yemen’s Capital
The Yemeni army may have successfully rousted AQAP from its strongholds but now the group's operatives have increased their assaults on Sana'a itself
Yemen: What an Al-Qaeda Assassination Has Exposed
Stepping out the door of his home at 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning in Yemen‘s port city of Aden, Brigadier Salim Ali Qatan, commander of the country’s southern...
How Al-Qaeda Is Gaining in Its War Against Yemen
Amr Habib stood staring blankly at the pool of blood on the tarmac as paramedics, policemen and forensics in white overalls, hurried frantically around him. A...
Al-Qaeda, and Saleh, Cast Long Shadows Over 'New' Yemen
The raging battle between al-Qaeda and government security forces in southern Yemen in recent days is a reminder that the shadow of insurgency looms large over...
A Pair of Fish Tales: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Jiro Dreams of Sushi
If it could be arranged for Ewan McGregor to say “doolally” in films more often, the world would be a more joyous place. In director Lasse Hallström’s Salmon...
A New President and an "American Sheikh" Deal With Post-Saleh Yemen
Set amongst a bare expanse of fields and windswept pastureland on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Ali Abdullah Saleh's palace compound is a bizarre-looking...
In Yemen, a U.S.-Backed Transition Plan Draws Fire from Democracy Activists
Yemen was mentioned twice in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, once in respect of the the "decisive blows" by American power that...
Is Taiz Going to Be the Benghazi of Yemen?
During the day, Taiz, a mountainous municipality nestled in the basin of Yemen's rugged central highlands, has the feel of any other Yemeni city. Scrawny...
