Four members of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch, including a local commander, were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike on a vehicle travelling east of the capital Sanaa, two local officials told Reuters Saturday. They said [ More … ]
A U.S. drone strike killed 6 al Qaeda fighters in Yemen’s central Marib province on Sunday, as Washington continues its years-long campaign against militants who have exploited an 18 month civil war in the country, [ More … ]
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck Al-Qaeda positions in southern Yemen on Saturday killing several extremist fighters as government forces appeared set on a new offensive, military officials said. Two air strikes targeted Al-Qaeda militants gathered on [ More … ]
At least 25 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and dozens wounded in a double car bomb attack at a military base in the southern city of Aden. Yemen The attack in Aden left eight others [ More … ]
A rocket fired by Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen on Tuesday killed seven children in a residential neighborhood of Marib city, east of the capital, officials said. The rocket hit a courtyard where the children [ More … ]
At least 48 government troops were killed in multiple suicide bombings claimed by ISIS group in Yemen’s southeastern city of Mukalla on Monday. Six bombings hit a number of military checkpoints at sunset as soldiers [ More … ]
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