CIA Thwarts Bomb Plot
May 8, 2012- The CIA was able to thwart a bomb plot in Yemen by an affiliate of al-Qaeda. The bomb was to be used to blow up a plane bound for the U.S. The plot was to coincide with the one year anni...
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American Teacher Killed In Yemen
March 19, 2012- Militants riding a motorcycled fired on the vehicle of an America teacher in Yemen killing him. The al Qaeda linked gunmen killed the teacher on Sunday. A source in the police departm...
Yemen’s Leader To Relinquish Powers
November 23, 2011- Amidst street protests that have taken place for months calling for him to step down, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemen president, flew to Saudi Arabia Wednesday. He is expected to sig...
Anwar Al-Awlaki Killed In Air Raid
September 30, 2011- Yemen Defense authorities have announced that Anwar al-Awlaki, the cleric who was born in the U.S. was killed in an airstrike. American authorities have said he was a global terro...
Fighting Rages On In Yemen’s Capital City
June 1, 2011- Early Wednesday the fighting in Yemen’s capital city of Sana continued as troops from the government battled tribesmen from the opposition fighting for control of key strategic location...
Deaths Mount In Yemen
April 5 ,2011- Western countries are pushing the President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to resign as more than 20 people have been killed in the last day and other Gulf countries attempted to forge...
