Yemen Violence

Suicide Bomber Targets Military Parade Rehearsal

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.22.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow sold...

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Heavy Fighting In Yemen Leaves At Least 32 Dead

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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ADEN, Yemen, May 15 (Reuters) - At least 32 people, including 23 al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in Yemen, officials and reside...

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Militants And Soldiers Clash At Army Outpost

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 04.10.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — An al-Qaida attack on a Yemeni army post in the south set off clashes that left 64 people dead on Monday and prompted local civil...

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Reports: 140 Dead In Al Qaeda Attack

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.05.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Sneaking across the desert behind army lines, al-Qaida militants launched a surprise attack against military bases in south Yemen...

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Bombs, Bullets Rock Reform Vote

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2012

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By Joseph Logan SANAA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A blast tore through a polling station and gunfire nearby killed a soldier in south Yemen o...

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Arab Spring Shot Wins World Press Photo Of The Year Award

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 04.11.2012

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By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press AMSTERDAM — Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award Friday for an ...

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Saleh Heads To New York

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.29.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh headed to the United States on Saturday for medical treatment, his spokesman said, the latest...

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Saleh Heads To New York

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.29.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh headed to the United States on Saturday for medical treatment, his spokesman said, the latest...

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Tens Of Thousands Demand Trial For Yemen's Saleh

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.02.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's opposition on Sunday accused outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of trying to torpedo a power transfer deal by sparking...

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Bloody Clashes In Yemen Kill At Least 200

AP | By AHMED AL-HAJ and SOFIA JAVED | Posted 02.20.2012

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SANAA, Yemen -- Nearly 200 people, among them 15 foreigners, have been killed in clashes over the past few weeks between an ultraconservative Islamist...

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Yemeni Army Shells Taiz, At Least 3 Killed

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 01.30.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Thousands of residents fled the central Yemen city of Taiz Wednesday when government forces shelled the city, killing one person,...

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Intense Clashes In Yemen Despite Deal

AP | JAMAL AL-JASHINI and AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 01.25.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Heavy fighting between rival army units shook Yemen's capital Friday, killing two soldiers in what could signal the start of a po...

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Violence In Yemen Continues Despite Power Transfer Deal

AP | JAMAL AL-JASHINI and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 01.24.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — A U.S.-backed deal for Yemen's authoritarian president to step down fell far short of the demands of protesters who fought regime...

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Deadly Clashes In Yemen Kill 10

AP | JAMAL AL-JASHINI | Posted 01.13.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces and allied tribesmen killed 10 militants in attacks around the country Sunday, security officials said, ...

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Government Shelling Kills Civilians In Yemen

AP | JAMAL AL-JASHINI | Posted 01.11.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security forces fired tank and artillery shells at a restive southern city on Friday, killing 14 people, including three w...

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Security Forces 'Randomly' Shell Neighborhoods, At Least 9 Killed

AP | GAMAL ABDUL-FATTAH | Posted 01.02.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces clashed with opposition fighters in the central city of Taiz on Wednesday, killing at least nine members...

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Al Qaeda In Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Jonathan Masters | Posted 12.27.2011

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Months of political unrest in Yemen, including a popular effort to unseat longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have strained U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation and called into question U.S. policy toward the fragile Gulf state.

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Yemeni Troops Fire At Thousands Of Anti-Regime Protesters

AP | GAMAL ABDUL-FATTAH | Posted 12.25.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's president on Tuesday called in the U.S. ambassador and told him he would sign a deal to step down, a U.S. official said. ...

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New Protests Rock Yemeni Capital, Security Forces Kill At Least Twelve

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.18.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces opened fire Tuesday on protesters in Sanaa, killing 12 and injuring more than 70, a medical official sai...

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Worst Fighting In Weeks

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.17.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Fighting between troops loyal to Yemen's embattled leader and rival forces on Monday killed at least 18 people, including eight s...

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Yemeni Security Forces Open Fire On Protesters, Killing At Least 7 People

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.16.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and forces opposed to his rule were engaged in heavy fighting across much of ...

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Gunfire And Explosions Rock Yemeni Capital

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.29.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked the Yemeni capital on Thursday as clashes between government troops and rival tribesmen erupt...

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Tribe Downs Government Warplane

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.28.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Tribesmen shot down a Yemeni government warplane that was bombing their positions north of the capital Sanaa Wednesday, military ...

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Yemeni Defense Minister Escapes Second Assassination Bid

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.27.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — A suicide attacker driving an explosives-laden car blew himself up Tuesday next to the passing convoy of Yemen's defense minister...

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As Saleh Returns To Yemen, Violence Rages On

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.24.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — In one of the bloodiest days of Yemen's uprising, government troops backed by snipers and shelling attacked a square full of Yeme...

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