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... the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, has struggled to oust al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants, often to the frustration of U.S. counterterrorism officials. Yemen became a top security concern for the U.S. after the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole at a Yemeni port in 2000.
... Yemen is bin Laden's ancestral homeland and is considered to house many al-Qaida supporters. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., Yemen committed itself to joining the war on terrorism and has permitted American forces to enter the country and train its military.
Amid chants of "Death to America!" during a second day of anti-war protests in Yemen, two people were shot dead and several others injured when police and activists clashed when an angry crowd of some 3,000 of the estimated 30,000 protestors attempted to storm the U.S ...
... to a Yemeni group unrelated to the Palestinian movement also called Islamic Jihad. The U.S. State Department has repeatedly warned Americans about traveling to Yemen saying the security threat remains "high." The central government in Yemen is weak in many tribal areas and Muslim militants have found refuge in ...
Yemen had protested the seizure, saying that it paid for the weapons and intended them to be used by its armed forces. "The shipment is part of contracts signed some time ago. It belongs to the Yemeni government and its army and meant for defensive purposes," Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr ...
... national resources," the paper said, according to Reuters reports. It added that some of the militants were non-Yemenis, who had "shown no respect for Yemen's hospitality... because of their involvement in destructive activities." In Washington, the U.S. praised the resolve of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. "It ...
... not intelligent, wise or honorable.” March 7, 2025 — Trump says he sent a letter to Khamenei seeking a new nuclear deal with Tehran. March 15, 2025 — Trump launches intense airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, the last members of Iran's self-described “Axis of Resistance” capable of daily attacks.
... in global conflicts. But in many respects, the president hasn't been extending olive branches. Within the past year, his administration has launched strikes in Yemen, Nigeria and Iran, along with an ongoing campaign of lethal military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels near South America. Trump also shocked the ...
... month deployment to the Middle East in 2023 and 2024, when it spent much of its time engaged with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The ship entered maintenance in early 2025 as scheduled, but it blew past its planned completion date of July and remains in the shipyard ...
... Iran-Israel war in June. Larijani also met with officials of the Palestinian Hamas militant group, and in Oman with Tehran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen on Tuesday. Larijani told Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network that Iran did not receive any specific proposal from the U.S. in ...
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