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A picture taken with a mobile phone early on May 24, 2014 shows Al-Qaeda militants posing with Al-Qaeda flags in front of a museum in Seiyun, second Yemeni city of Hadramawt province (AFP PHOTO / STR)
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Army soldiers man a checkpoint in Al-Mahfad, in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan May 23, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)
Yemen: Sana’a faces worsening security crisis
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sana’a is facing an escalating security crisis, with Al-Qaeda–affiliated militants attacking government infrastructure in the south of the country and sectarian fighting between Sunni rebels and Shi’ite Houthi fighters worsening in the central...Caption:
A soldier mans a machine gun mounted on an armored personnel carrier (APC) at a checkpoint in Sanaa May 13, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)
Yemen pledges to continue Al-Qaeda push-back
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni authorities pledged to continue to pursue all members of the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) organization in Yemen on Saturday, as Sana’a announced the capture of dozens more militants, including an explosives expert believed to...Caption:
Police troopers stand on a police patrol vehicle stationed under a bridge in Sana’a on May 5, 2014. (Reuters/ Khaled Abdullah)
Yemen: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants target presidential palace, defense minister
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Suspected Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants attacked the presidential palace in Sana’a on Friday and elsewhere sought to assassinate Yemen’s Defense Minister in Shabwa, in an apparent reprisal for a major military offensive in...Caption:
Yemeni soldiers hold up their weapons at a position taken from Al-Qaeda militants in Mayfaa, in the southeastern province of Shabwa, in this May 7, 2014 handout photo. (Reuters)