US ADDS BIN LADEN'S SON TO TERROR BLACKLIST

US department imposes sanctions on Hamza bin Laden son of late al-Qaeda leader, designating him a... READ MORE›

AFTER THE BATTLE, ALEPPO SHOWS ITS SCARS[1]

In addition, several commanders of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were captured in the successful raids conducted by the UAE-backed Yemeni forces in Aden and neighboring provinces... READ MORE›

HOSTAGES KILLED IN YEMEN RESCUE BID

Us hostage luke somers and sa pierre korkie killed during yemen rescue bid... READ MORE›

US TROOPS WITHDRAW FROM YEMEN

Yemen is the base of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP, a powerful offshoot of the jihadist group... READ MORE›

HOUTHI REBELS CLASH WITH ARMY IN SANAA

Under the agreement with President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Houthis pledged to withdraw from the capital once a new unity government was formed... READ MORE›

CHILDREN DIE IN YEMEN BOMB ATTACKS

The defence ministry also condemned the cowardly terrorist attack on the home of a citizen and a school bus and held AQAP responsible... READ MORE›

US HOSTAGE'S FAMILY IN VIDEO APPEAL

In a video posted on YouTube, Mr Somers' mother and brother said he was only trying to do good things for the Yemeni population ... READ MORE›

YEMEN FOES SQUARE OFF AS FEARS OF WAR, SAUDI-IRAN RIVALRY GROW

Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen called on Monday for Gulf Arab help to prevent the Houthis' getting air control... READ MORE›

YEMENI IMPLOSION PUSHES SOUTHERN SUNNIS INTO ARMS OF AL-QAIDA AND ISIS

The more the Houthis became a threat, the more tribes gathered around the camps, said an official in the government of Marib province... READ MORE›

HOUTHIS HIT AS YEMEN BOMB 'KILLS 33'

The Houthis, a Shia Muslim group, overran Yemen's capital Sanaa earlier this year, and have extended their influence in the following months... READ MORE›

YEMEN HOUTHI SHIA REBELS JOIN NEW CABINET

Al-Assiri was a commander of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP, a regional affiliate of the fundamentalist group founded by Osama Bin Laden... READ MORE›

AL-QAEDA GROUP 'THREATENS TO KILL US HOSTAGE'

The journalist was abducted in Yemen in September 2013... READ MORE›

YEMEN IS A BATTLEFIELD FOR SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN

The Iranian-backed takeover of northern Yemen certainly represents a major setback for the Saudis, who have a 1,000-mile porous southern border with the Yemenis to protect... READ MORE›

REBELS CLASH WITH AL-QAEDA IN YEMEN

Shia houthi rebels and al-qaeda clash in south yemen... READ MORE›

DEATH OF AL-QAIDA LEADER MASKS REALITY OF DRONE STRIKES

Aqim, Islamic State and Ansar al-Sharia will continue to destabilise Libya, experts suggested... READ MORE›

YEMEN IS BECOMING THE NEW SYRIA

In my five years of covering Yemen, international headlines have morphed from optimism to despair... READ MORE›

The Charlie Hebdo attackers, brothers from Paris, claimed they were from AQAP -- which is considered the most violent branch of al Qaeda... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE SAYS DRONE STRIKES IN YEMEN CONTINUE DESPITE HOUTHI COUP

Another insurance policy for US counterterrorism in Yemen is an airbase in Saudi Arabia, Yemen's northern neighbor, which the CIA uses to launch drone strikes... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA CONDEMNS 'BARBARIC MURDER' OF LUKE SOMERS

Al-Qaeda has exploited instability in impoverished Yemen since a 2011 uprising forced President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down... READ MORE›

IN YEMEN CHAOS, ISLAMIC STATE GROWS TO RIVAL AL QAEDA

In yemen chaos islamic state grows to rival al qaeda... READ MORE›

NEARLY 30 DEAD IN QAEDA ATTACK AND CLASHES IN YEMEN

However, AQAP is also an enemy of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, whose government Saudi Arabia wants to restore via its military campaign... READ MORE›

IS SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 25 POLICE RECRUITS

A suicide attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State group has killed at least 25 people in southern Yemen... READ MORE›

IN YEMENI CAPITAL, SIGNS OF HATRED TOWARD AMERICANS ARE EVERYWHERE

On another level, the slogans are directed at the United States' involvement in Yemen's civil war... READ MORE›

ALL SIDES FLOUTING HUMANITARIAN LAW IN YEMEN

Yemen descended into chaos after the 2012 removal of longtime president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose forces are fighting alongside the Houthi fighters... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE YEMEN SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 25 POLICE RECRUITS

Islamic State Yemen suicide bomber kills 25 police recruits medics... READ MORE›

US DRONE STRIKE KILLS SENIOR AL-QAEDA LEADER IN YEMEN

Reuters news agency also reported another US drone attack that killed six alleged al-Qaeda fighters in their car travelling in Yemen's southern Shabwa province... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS ITS CAR BOMBS KILLED, WOUNDED 50 IN HOUTHI-HELD SANAA

Islamic State has recently stepped up its operations in Yemen, where al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP, also Sunni Islamist, had long dominated the militant scene... READ MORE›

ADEN'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS FALL DESPITE WEEK-LONG SAUDI AIR CAMPAIGN

Yemen crisis Aden's presidential palace and central districts fall despite week-long Saudi air campaign... READ MORE›

SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 45 MEN WAITING TO JOIN ARMY IN YEMEN

Monday's blasts underscore the tenuous situation in the south, particularly in Aden, a strategic port on the Arabian Sea and a key global oil shipping lane... READ MORE›

AL-QAEDA CHIEFS WATCH WITH GLEE AS YEMEN BURNS

The Houthis, a militia its enemies say is being used by Iran to create a new Persian empire on Saudi Arabia's doorstep, are marching on... READ MORE›

AL-QAEDA CHIEFS WATCH WITH GLEE AS YEMEN BURNS

The Houthis, a militia its enemies say is being used by Iran to create a new Persian empire on Saudi Arabia's doorstep, are marching on... READ MORE›

BOMBING, HEAVY FIGHTING ROCK YEMEN DESPITE TRUCE

Washington fears turmoil in Yemen will strengthen al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP, the deadliest branch of the global militant group... READ MORE›

ISIS SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 48 IN SOUTHERN YEMEN

The blast killed 48 people and wounded 84, according to Abdul-Nasser al-Wali, of the Yemeni Health Ministry... READ MORE›

SAUDIS BLAME FUNERAL HALL BOMBING ON MISTAKE

The Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen has said it attacked a funeral hall in the capital, Sanaa, based on bad information ... READ MORE›

SAUDI POLICEMAN KILLED BY YEMENI EXPATRIATE

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis live and work in oil-rich Saudi Arabia to support families in their impoverished homeland... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA BLAMED FOR SPAWNING JIHADISTS IS AGAIN THEIR TARGET

Ideologically, the battle between the Islamic State and Saudi Arabia is essentially over whose model for Islamic statehood is correct... READ MORE›

STATE DEPARTMENT WARNS OF POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK IN SOUTH AFRICA

WASHINGTON - The State Department on Saturday warned American citizens in South Africa of the imminent threat of terrorist attacks... READ MORE›

WAR IN YEMEN TAKES A MAJOR TURN WITH OFFENSIVE AGAINST AL-QAEDA

In private, U.S. officials have expressed concern that Saudi Arabia's intervention in Yemen has empowered the al-Qaeda franchise... READ MORE›

1/7 PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD OVER SAUDI EXECUTIONS

Saudi Arabia seeks to prevent Yemen, on its southern border, from becoming a base for Iran, which it accuses of supplying arms to the Houthis... READ MORE›

QUIET SUPPORT FOR SAUDIS ENTANGLES US IN YEMEN

The help is coordinated by a 45-person American military planning group with personnel in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and overseen by Maj... READ MORE›

ARAB COALITION DENIES TARGETING CIVILIANS IN YEMEN

The Houthis and their allies had driven the Hadi government out of Sanaa and much of northern Yemen by September 2014... READ MORE›

LEOPARDS AND LIONS ARE DYING AS YEMEN BURNS

Earlier this month, the United Nations' World Food Program warned that the city of Taiz, in the war-ravaged south of the country, faced imminent famine... READ MORE›

BOMB KILLS 8 IN YEMEN NEAR PRESIDENTS RESIDENCE

Food insecurity and malnutrition are becoming highly critical, Salah Elhajj Hassan, the organization's Yemen representative, said in a statement... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES 34-COUNTRY ISLAMIC COALITION TO FIGHT TERRORISM

We can't undertake these operations without coordinating with legitimacy in this place and the international community, bin Salman said without elaborating... READ MORE›