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People gather near a destroyed car that was carrying militants in the Sawmaa area of Al-Bayda province, Yemen, Saturday, April 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasir Al-Sanna’a)

Yemeni officers assassinated in wake of drone strikes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a and London, Asharq Al-Awsat and AP—A number of Yemeni security officials were assassinated on Monday and Tuesday, possibly in retaliation against a series of recent air strikes and drone attacks against Al-Qaeda targets in the south of the country. Yemeni...

Obama, Pakistani PM Sharif vow cooperation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 24, 2013 | World

Washington, Associated Press—President Barack Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have pledged cooperation on the security issues that have strained ties between their nations, but sources of long-standing tensions did briefly bubble to the surface....

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Pakistani Christian leader J. Salik chants slogans as he marches demanding the end to US drone attacks at hideouts of militants in Pakistani tribal areas on October 21, 2013. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistani, US leaders aim to bolster troubled ties

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 22, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Associated Press—Pakistan’s prime minister and US President Barack Obama, meeting for the first time Wednesday, are trying to build on a slow improvement in ties that hit rock bottom two years ago, in part over the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader...

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A funeral convoy carrying the bodies of four Islamist militants drives through Sheikh Zuweid, in the north of the Sinai peninsula, August 10, 2013. (Retuers/Stringer)

Egypt: Sinai Jihadist group says it was targeted by Israeli drone

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Four members of a Jihadist group based in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula were buried yesterday, a day after they were killed in an alleged Israeli drone attack. Ansar Beit Al-Muqqadas (“Supporters of Jerusalem”) said five of its...