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‘Al-Qaeda attack’ kills troops in south Yemen
At least 10 soldiers and 11 suspected al-Qaeda fighters killed in attack on military base in southern town of Shuqra.
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US drone kills al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Bombing near southern city of Jaar kills seven suspects, including the group’s local leader, according to officials.
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US embassy security chief killed in Yemen
Qassem Aqlani, Yemeni head of security at the US embassy in Sanaa, shot dead on way to work by motorcycle gunman.
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Worker at U.S. Embassy in Yemen killed
A Yemeni national employed as a senior security official at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa was shot dead Thursday on his way to work, interior ministry officials said.
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Yemen ‘foils al-Qaeda plan to bomb air base’
Car bomb discovered near al-Anad air base in southern province of Lahj used by US troops to train local forces.
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Yemen ‘foils attack on air base’
Yemeni officials say they have foiled an attack on a southern air base used by the US military.
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Armed men killed in US drone strike in Yemen
At least five suspected al-Qaeda-linked fighters killed in apparent drone attack on vehicles in Shabwa province.
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Islamists protest in Egypt and Yemen
Angry demonstrations are continuing against an amateur film made in the US and deemed blasphemous to Islamdespite attempts to calm tensions
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4 die as Yemen police, protesters clash
Demonstrators breached a security wall at the American Embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Thursday, as the mission was attacked by angry protesters amid escalating anti-American sentiment.
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Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen in new attack
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series…
U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed
SANAA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related…
Yemen leader apologizes to US for embassy attack
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s president has apologized to President Barack Obama for the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, by a mob angry over an anti-Islam film.
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Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Chanting “death to America,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American…
Yemen protests
Reporter Hakim Almasmari reports from Yemen on mass protests outside the US Embassy in Sana’a.
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Protesters storm US Yemen embassy
Protesters in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, storm the grounds of the US embassy, amid rising anger over an anti-Islam film.
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Yemen defence minister targeted in blast
Minister escapes unharmed, but several bodyguards killed in Sanaa car bomb attack.
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‘Key al-Qaeda leader killed’ in Yemen
Yemen defence ministry says Saeed al-Shihri, second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed.
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Yemen: Al Qaeda No. 2 leader is killed
Yemeni forces have killed Said al-Shihri, second in command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said Monday.
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Yemen ‘kills key al-Qaeda’ leader
Security forces in Yemen have killed Said al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, officials say.
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Civilians killed in errant Yemen air strike
At least 14 killed in Bayda province after fighter pilots mistake two cars carrying civilians for al-Qaida members.
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