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s US-led drone war will have come full circle. Accused by Washington of terrorism, jailed in his homeland for subversion and under intense state scrutiny since being released from prison in July this year, Shaye remains a difficult man to cast for his accusers. His work in Yemen placed him amid two protagonists, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQIP) and the US military, which for the past three...
a in which 52 people were killed is claimed by al-Qaida on Twitter Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for a brazen attack on the defence ministry in the heart of Yemen's capital, Sana'a, on Thursday , in which 52 people – including seven foreigners – were killed in a suicide car bombing and an assault by gunmen. The attack follows a rise in US drone strikes in this key American ally in the Middle...
a, allowing gunmen to enter Yemen experienced one of its worst attacks in recent months on Thursday when gunmen stormed the defence ministry in the centre of Sana'a, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens more. In an incident described as bearing the hallmarks of al-Qaida, the assailants first detonated a suicide car bomb at one entrance to the heavily guarded building, allowing a second vehicle...
a A car bomber and gunmen dressed in army uniforms attacked Yemen's defence ministry compound in the capital Sana'a on Thursday morning, killing at least 20 people, in one of the worst attacks in Yemen in 18 months. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. But the country has been grappling with a security threat by al-Qaida-linked militants, who have repeatedly attacked government officials...
The aftermath of a car bomb and gun battle at the Yemeni defence ministry compound in the capital Sana'a on Thursday ...
s film noir-style investigation starts with the massacre of a police commander's family by a US Joint Special Operations Command (Jsoc) secret unit in Gardez, Afghanistan (initially claimed by the US military to have been honour killings). It then moves through a murderous cruise missile attack in Majala, Yemen, that killed 46 civilians , including 21 children; the drone assassination of the radical...
s lives have been brought almost to a standstill by the breakdown of security over the past three years. Many poor women working in the informal sector who regularly buy their stock from large markets to sell on in their neighbourhoods are unable to make a living: commuting outside their immediate vicinity risks theft and abuse by thugs. When girls and women are harassed in public spaces, few dare...
s ban on the herbal stimulant qat, which is widely used in Britain's Somali and Yemeni communities. A Commons home affairs select committee report published on Friday said the decision to ban qat, also known as khat, was not based on any evidence of medical or social harm and that it would be better to license importers of the plant. The call to reverse the decision on qat came as the government's...