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DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has regained control of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last week, a senior official was quoted as saying, as the kingdom becomes more entangled in conflict to its south.
Nov. 6 (UPI) — Saudi forces reportedly bombed al-Houthi rebel strongholds along the shared border with Yemen in a sign of an escalating fight against a growing insurgency.
The following is an English translation of a statement from al-Qaeda Yemen branch, called “Fighting the Heads of Infidelity”. It was published in the 11th issue of the group’s magazine Sada al-Malahim: In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Praise be to God Who said: `Fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: for their [...]
SAN’A, Yemen – Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into northern Yemen Thursday in a military incursion apparently aimed at helping its troubled southern neighbor control an escalating Shiite rebellion, Arab diplomats and the rebels said.
DUBAI (Reuters) – An al Qaeda group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of seven Yemeni security officials in an ambush near the Saudi border this week. The attack on Tuesday was on the same day Yemeni rebels killed a Saudi security officer in a cross-border raid, underlining the growing security threat from Yemen [...]
RIYADH, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Saudi authorities have discovered a large arms cache near Riyadh linked to 44 militants whose arrest was announced in August, state television said on Sunday. It did not say when the cache was discovered, but the report is a fresh sign of the security risk that haunts OPEC’s biggest oil [...]
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has issued an audio recording of a sermon from one of its spiritual leaders. Ibrahim al-Rubaish’s speech is entitled “The Mask Falls” and it runs for over 17 minutes. In September, an audio message from al-Rubaish sought to justify a suicide bomb attack that targeted the head of the security service in [...]
KABUL – Authorities have arrested eight people, including one in Saudi Arabia, in connection with this week’s deadly attack on a guest house used by United Nations employees, the Afghan intelligence chief said Saturday. He said those arrested claimed the assailants came from Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Amrullah Saleh also told reporters that Afghan intelligence had [...]
