• Al-Qaida's Yemen branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo shootings

    Al-Qaida's Yemen branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo shootings

    Jan 09, 2015 09:11 PM EST

    UPDATED on January 9 at 4:11 p.m. EST The Associated Press reports that al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attacks. According to a statement provided to AP, the act was "revenge for the honor" of the prophet Muhammad and "in line" with ...

  • News Wrap: Minibus explosion kills dozens outside Yemen police academy

    News Wrap: Minibus explosion kills dozens outside Yemen police academy

    Jan 08, 2015 02:03 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: In other news this day: A bombing ripped through the main police academy in Yemen, killing at least 37 people. A minibus packed with explosives blew up right outside the school in the capital city of Sanaa. Mangled wreckage littered the residential area, and investigators combed through ...

  • White House defends deadly Yemen hostage mission - Part 1

    White House defends deadly Yemen hostage mission - Part 1

    Dec 09, 2014 02:12 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: The fallout kept coming today from Saturday's failed U.S. commando raid to free two hostages in Yemen. American photographer Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie were shot to death by their al-Qaida captors before commandos could reach them. JOSH EARNEST, White House ...

  • Why did the raid in Yemen to rescue Luke Somers go so wrong?

    Why did the raid in Yemen to rescue Luke Somers go so wrong?

    Dec 07, 2014 10:49 PM EST

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: We're learning more about that failed hostage rescue attempt in Southern Yemen. U.S. special forces tried to free photojournalist Luke Somers from Al Qaeda militants yesterday, but the kidnappers fatally shot Somers and another hostage, South African teacher Pierre Korkie, just before the commandos could ...

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    Yemen says U.S.-led raid killed 10 al-Qaida fighters

    Dec 07, 2014 08:11 PM EST

    SANAA, Yemen -- A high-risk, U.S.-led raid attempting to rescue hostages in Yemen a day earlier killed 10 al-Qaida militants, Yemeni security officials said Sunday. The captives - American photojournalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie - died of wounds sustained during the raid. The officials spoke ...

  • Behind the failed rescue effort of American hostage in Yemen

    Behind the failed rescue effort of American hostage in Yemen

    Dec 06, 2014 09:42 PM EST

    ... Well, the government in Yemen under President Hadi has been a very effective partner in the counterterrorism field. U.S. has had trainers inside of Yemen, training some of their counterterrorism and special operations forces. And there were a few Yemeni counterterrorism specialists onboard this mission, but it was primarily ...

  • American hostage killed during rescue attempt in Yemen

    American hostage killed during rescue attempt in Yemen

    Dec 06, 2014 04:14 PM EST

    ... at a conference in Manama, Bahrain. The operation began before dawn Saturday in a province that is a stronghold of al-Qaida's branch in Yemen. U.S. drones struck first the Wadi Abdan area first, followed by strafing runs by jets before Yemeni ground forces moved in, a Yemeni ...

  • Bombs in Yemen rip through checkpoint, army camp

    Bombs in Yemen rip through checkpoint, army camp

    Oct 09, 2014 04:02 PM EST

    Suicide bombers in Yemen killed at least 67 people Thursday when they detonated their explosives at a checkpoint in the middle of the capital city Sanaa and at an army camp. The checkpoint in Sanaa was crowded with supporters of the Shiite Houthis, who took control of the capital last ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. drone strikes target militant training camp in Yemen

    News Wrap: U.S. drone strikes target militant training camp in Yemen

    Apr 22, 2014 12:12 AM EST

    ... GWEN IFILL: U.S. drones were back in action over Yemen today, after a weekend of heavy strikes aimed at al-Qaida. The government of Yemen announced the attacks have killed at least 55 militants, including three senior members. The main target was a major training camp in the ...

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    Judge dismisses lawsuit over Yemen drone strikes on 3 U.S. citizens

    Apr 04, 2014 10:52 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, including an al-Qaida cleric. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer said the case raises serious constitutional issues and is not easy to answer ...