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Mar 28 2015
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Obama's anti-terror strategy suffers setback in Yemen
President Barack Obama has pointed to Yemen to boast that his new global anti-terror strategy was thriving.
But with Iranian-backed rebels now overrunning the U.S. ally tasked with beating back local al Qaeda affiliates, the nation at the tip of Arabian Peninsula makes a better case study in the approach's limitations.
Yemen was the petri dish for Obama's concept of how to fight
CNN DigitalApr 10 2015
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In rush to reclaim Yemen, exiled leaders risk shattering it
Holed up in Saudi Arabia, the inner circle of President Hadi is rallying tribal leaders to resist Houthi rebels who control much of Yemen. The risk is that if and when they regain power the central government will emerge with little authority.
Christian Science MonitorMar 20 2015
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Deadly Suicide Bombings Hit Mosques In Yemen's Sanaa
A television network owned by Yemen's Shiite rebels says a total of 137 people were killed and 345 injured in quadruple suicide bombings that hit a pair of mosques controlled by the rebels in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.
HuffPostApr 16 2015
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Yemen crisis: Al-Qaeda seizes southern airport
Militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have seized an airport in southern Yemen, officials say. Troops guarding the site in the major port city of Mukalla, Hadramawt province, have fled, they said. AQAP has exploited the chaos gripping the country, overrunning Mukalla earlier this month and freeing inmates from a prison. A Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Shia Houthi
BBC NewsJan 14 2015
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Al-Qaida In Yemen Takes Responsibility For Paris Attack
Al-Qaida in Yemen has taken responsibility for the attack on a satirical magazine in Paris that left 12 people dead.
NPR (Online News)May 15 2024
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Red Sea Disruptions Are Splitting Global LNG Trade Into Regions
It’s been four months since a liquefied natural gas tanker has passed through the narrow strait separating the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, testament to how violent attacks there have upended global energy trade.
While dozens of such ships used to traverse the Bab al-Mandab Strait each month prior to the escalation of the Israel-Gaza war, attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have brought
BloombergMar 26 2015
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Saudi Jets Strike Yemen in Bid to Halt Houthis
Saudi Arabian jets pounded Yemeni targets early Thursday in a drive to stop the Houthi advance through the country, and the Saudi news media declared that the first night of the offensive had fully disabled the Houthi-aligned Yemeni Air Force.
Iran, Saudi Arabia’s regional rival and the Houthis’ main ally, denounced the assault as an American-backed attempt “to foment civil war in Yemen
New York Times (News)Dec 07 2014
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American journalist killed in failed Yemen rescue attempt
American photojournalist Luke Somers was killed during a failed rescue attempt in Yemen, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday.
Somers had been held by al-Qaeda militants since his abduction in Yemen's capital of Sanaa in September 2013.
Hagel, speaking from Kabul where he made a surprise visit Saturday, confirmed the British-born hostage's death following an unsuccessful
USA TODAYJan 22 2015
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Yemen’s political turmoil deepens as president, Cabinet resigns
Yemen’s Western-backed president and the rest of the country’s leadership resigned Thursday, news reports said, following days of chaos that have left well-armed rebels in effective control.
The resignations, reported by the Associated Press, plunged the key U.S. ally into political uncertainty. The rebels — believed backed by Iran — seem to hold the upper hand as the country’s de facto
Washington PostDec 07 2014
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2 Hostages Killed in Yemen as U.S. Rescue Effort Fails
United States commandos stormed a village in southern Yemen early Saturday in an effort to free an American photojournalist held hostage by Al Qaeda, but the raid ended in tragedy, with the kidnappers killing the American and a South African held with him, United States officials said.
The hostages — Luke Somers, an American photojournalist, and Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher —
New York Times (News)