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US drone strike targets AQAP in central Yemen
Four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in a town that is known to serve as a base for the Yemen Soldiers Brigade.
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Al Qaeda
Fog of Benghazi: Al Qaeda, Dead Americans and an Emerging Threat
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Al Qaeda
The real scandal – Why are the Benghazi killers still at large?
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AQAP overruns Yemeni army base, seizes armored vehicles
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters attacked military bases in Rada’a in central Yemen, where the group has remained entrenched.
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Senate report: Terrorists ‘affiliated’ with multiple al Qaeda groups involved in Benghazi attack
A newly released report by the Senate Intelligence Committee notes that terrorists “affiliated” with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Muhammad Jamal Network, and Ansar al Sharia took part in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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US drone strike accidentally kills civilian in eastern Yemen
Five of the past six strikes in Yemen have taken place in Hadramout, a province where al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is known to operate.
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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda hasn’t gone away, and is gaining
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US drones kill 2 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
The strike is the first in Yemen this year. Four of the past five strikes in Yemen have occurred in Hadramout province, an AQAP stronghold and the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The Women of al Qaeda
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AQAP suicide assault team targets security HQ in Aden
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide assault team was repelled by security forces. AQAP continues to launch suicide attacks and assaults in Aden and throughout Yemen.
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US drones kill 2 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
The strike took place in Hadramout province, the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden’s family, which has become a haven for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Latest Treasury designation targets al Qaeda’s fundraising network
A newly released terrorist designation by the Treasury Department highlights the extent and cohesion of al Qaeda’s global fundraising network. Treasury reports that Ayman al Zawahiri’s main representative in the Levant, Abu Khalid al Suri, has been funneling cash from Gulf donors to al Qaeda.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Kansas terrorism plot: The American engineer turned unlikely jihadist
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Kansas bomb plot suspect says bin Laden and Awlaki are inspirations
Terry Lee Loewen, who believed he was working with people tied to AQAP, sought to carry out a car bomb attack at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. US authorities said the public was never at risk.
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US drone strike kills civilians in central Yemen
The strike reportedly killed 15 civilians who were traveling in a wedding convoy. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are thought to have been traveling with the convoy.
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US drones kill 3 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
The strike targeted a vehicle in the eastern province of Hadramout, where Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has stepped up its presence.
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AQAP says assault on Yemen’s Defense Ministry targeted US drone operations
On its newly established Twitter account, AQAP also criticized Yemeni soldiers for fighting alongside US forces and said the military is ignoring the fight against Shia Houthi rebels in the north.
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AQAP launches suicide assault on Yemeni defense ministry complex
A suicide bomber created a breach in the outer wall of the Ministry of Defense, and a team of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters stormed several buildings. A Western doctor and a Filipina nurse are said to have been executed during the assault that resulted in the deaths of at least 20 people.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen bomb makers ‘working on new devices’
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US drones kill 3 AQAP fighters in Yemen airstrike
The strike took place in an eastern province of Yemen where AQAP has been regrouping over the past year.
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AQAP praises Hakeemullah Mehsud and Pakistani Taliban
In a new statement, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula offered its condolences for the death of Hakeemullah Mehsud, the former emir of the Pakistani Taliban. The terror group praised Mehsud and the Pakistani Taliban for providing haven to foreign fighters.
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Al Qaeda
US holds talks about Yemen detention center for Guantanamo inmates
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Inside Yemen special army unit battling Qaeda
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda group is operating on ransom money from the West
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AQAP launches suicide assault on Yemeni military training base
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula continues to target Yemeni security forces with suicide assaults and ambushes in southern and central Yemen.
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AQAP video details suicide assaults against Yemeni bases in Shabwa
The video details the raids that targeted three Yemeni military bases in Shabwa province on Sept. 20.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
U.S. target in Somalia: An inside story on an Al-Shabaab commander
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State Department designates longtime Zawahiri subordinate
The State Department designated Muhammad Jamal and the Muhammad Jamal Network (MJN) as terrorists. Jamal established connections to al Qaeda’s senior leadership, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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AQAP fighters storm Yemen Army base in east
Al Qaeda’s branch in the Arabian Peninsula remains both a local and an international threat despite a concerted Yemeni and US military campaign.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula freed 21 soldiers who were captured during last week’s assaults on military bases in Abyan. AQAP gunned down another Yemeni intelligence official in Sana’a.
