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State Department designates former Gitmo detainee turned AQAP commander
The State Department designated former Gitmo detainee Othman al Ghamdi as a global terrorist today. Al Ghamdi is an "operational commander" in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
CIA to operate drones over Yemen
CIA to target AQAP in Yemen with Predators and Reapers
The CIA plans to target al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula using unmanned Predator and Reapers aircraft. Airstrikes against AQAP had previously been conducted by the US military.
Militants linked to al-Qaeda emboldened in Yemen
"Islamic militants" killed a colonel and two soldiers in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Three "Islamic extremists" were killed in airstrikes in Jaar, also in Abyan. More than 40,000 have fled the fighting in Abyab.
Yemen's Saleh health 'bad' a week after blast
The Defense Ministry claimed that 21 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and 19 soldiers were killed during clashes in Lawdar and Zinjibar. Six soldiers and three "gunmen" were killed in Lahj.
Six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in airstrikes outside the town of Jaar. Three soldiers and two members of the Southern Movement were killed in fighting in Habilayn. President Saleh's son has effectively taken control of the government.
US kills AQAP leaders in airstrike in southern Yemen: report
The US has increased activity against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as the civil war in Yemen rages.Militants said to gain ground in south Yemen
Vital for Pakistan to do more against terrorists: US
US is intensifying a secret campaign of Yemen airstrikes
Yemeni forces are fighting to retake control of the city of Zinjibar. President Saleh has suffered burns over 40 percent of his body and received a brain injury.
Political instability in Yemen and al Qaeda
Activists threaten to launch presidential council if Yemen doesn't abandon Saleh
Fifteen Yemeni troops and 10 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Zinjibar. The Yemeni government rejected opposition groups' offers of talks to transition power.
President Saleh underwent two surgeries in Saudi Arabia. "The first was to remove a piece of shrapnel from his chest, and the second was neurosurgery to his neck," a family member said.
President Saleh has been transported to Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment after being wounded in a rocket attack on Friday. Four soldiers from Ali Muhsen Al Ahmer 1st Armored Division were killed in a rocket attack in Sana'a.
Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh flies to Saudi Arabia, transferring power to deputy
