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Women walk past a graffiti, denouncing strikes by US drones in Yemen, painted on a wall in Sana’a, Yemen February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Drone Strike Kills 3 Qaeda Suspects in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 20, 2017 | Middle East

A suspected US drone strike targeting a car killed three alleged Al-Qaeda members, including a leader in the southern Yemen province of Abyan, local officials said Friday. They said the strike was carried out late Thursday in the Sumaa area of the province, engulfing...

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File photo of a US drone [Air ForcePhoto / Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt]

US Central Command Raids ISIS Training Camps in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2017 | Middle East

Aden, London – US forces killed dozens of ISIS militants in a strike on two ISIS training camps, Oct. 16, in al-Bayda governorate, center of Yemen. However, security officials and locals said the strike targeted militants belonging to al-Qaeda and not ISIS terrorist...

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French police in Toulouse after the ISIS-claimed shooting by Mohammed Merah in 2012. (AFP)

‘Lone Wolf’ Phenomenon Started in West, Adopted by Qaeda, ISIS

by Emile Amin | Oct 2, 2017 | Features

Cairo – One of the most dangerous predicaments facing those confronting terrorism in the world, especially in Europe and the United States, is how to face the so-called “lone wolf” phenomenon. The phenomenon is in fact part of the greater map of what is known as...

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Johan Gustafsson was freed this year after being held hostage in the Sahara by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb since 2011. Credit Pool photo by Vilhem Stockstad

Former Hostage Held by Qaeda Describes 6-Year Ordeal in the Sahara

by Christina Anderson | Sep 27, 2017 | World

Stockholm- It was supposed to be an adventurous motorcycle journey through Africa. Johan Gustafsson, then a 36-year-old engineer, set off with a friend to see the continent, “not just read about it in books,” he later said. His biggest concern was traffic accidents....

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Predator drone (AP Photo/ Kirsty Wigglesworth)

3 Suspected Qaeda Militants Killed in Yemen Drone Strike

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- Three suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed in a drone strike in southern Yemen late on Thursday, a local security official and residents said. The strike in Mudiyah district in Abyan province on the Arabian Sea coast had targeted a motorcycle which the...