al qaeda in the arabian peninsula

Luke Somers’ family in video appeal to AQAP to release American photojournalist

Luke Somers’ family has appealed in a video to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to "show mercy" and release him. In…

10 years ago

Yemeni PM Mohammed Salem Basindwa survives assassination attempt

Yemen’s PM Mohammed Salem Basindwa has survived an assassination attempt unharmed, officials in the capital Sanaa say. Gunmen in a…

11 years ago

US citizens warned to leave Yemen immediately amid terror alert

The US State Department has warned citizens and non-emergency government staff to leave Yemen "immediately" due to security threats. It…

11 years ago

Libya arrests 50 people in connection with US consulate deadly attack

Libyan authorities have arrested some 50 people in connection with Tuesday deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, the…

12 years ago

Said al-Shihri, second-in-command of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, killed in Yemen

Said al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in…

12 years ago

Al-Qaeda underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was a CIA double agent

Reports from the US say the al-Qaeda underwear bomber sent to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually a double…

13 years ago

FBI foils al-Qaeda updated underwear bomb plot in Yemen

US officials say FBI has foiled a plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009…

13 years ago