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Militants from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have been behind several plots against Western targets (AFP Photo)

US Offers $5 Million to Find Murderer of American Teacher in Yemen

by Khater al-Khater | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- The Rewards for Justice program of the US State Department has offered to pay $5 million for information leading to those responsible for the murder of American national Joel Shrum in Yemen in 2012. Shrum, 29, was fatally shot by a gunman on the back of a...

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Al-Qaeda Leader in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Qassim al-Reymi. Getty

Qaeda Leader in Yemen: ‘Washington Refused to Trade Omar Abdulrahman for Hostage’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 8, 2017 | Middle East

London – Al-Qaeda Leader in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Qassim al-Reymi accused an “unresponsive” United States of refusing to free blind Sheikh Omar Abdulrahman in return for the release of an American hostage it was holding in Yemen. Abdulrahman, born in...

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Al-Qaeda members during military show. ©REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Qaeda Mourns Death of No.2 Official ‘Abu Khayr’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2017 | Middle East

London – Terror group al-Qaeda confirmed the death of its believed deputy-leader Abu Khayr al-Masri who died in an air strike staged by the US-led international coalition in northwestern Syria. The senior commander, considered a grave loss to the ultra-hardline...

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump works the ropeline at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum following a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado, U.S., July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Trump Would Back Probe to Look into Yemen Raid that Claimed U.S. Navy SEAL’s Life

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- The White House said Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump might be supporting a probe into the U.S. January operation in Yemen. The offensive resulted in the death of a number of militants affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and claimed...

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A Yemeni army soldier stands guard as he secures a street in Mansoura district of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

U.S. Drone Kills 3 Suspected al Qaeda Members in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 22, 2017 | Middle East

Three alleged al-Qaida operatives were killed on Sunday in Yemen’s southwestern Bayda province by a drone strike likely carried out by U.S. forces, security and tribal officials said. The men were killed when a missile hit the vehicle in which they were...