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US Increases Bounty To $10 Million For Information On Al-Qaeda Leader
The US department is further offering a reward of up to USD 5 million for information leading to the identification or location of Khalid Saeed al-Batarfi, a senior regional leader of the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Indian-Origin Man Jailed For 27 Years In US For Funding Al Qaeda
An Indian man who came to the United States to study was sentenced Monday to more than 27 years in prison for sending funds to Al-Qaeda and plotting to kill the federal judge in his trial.
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35 Dead In Yemen Suicide Attacks Claimed By ISIS
A wave of suicide bombings targeting Yemeni troops killed at least 35 people on Monday in the southeastern city of Mukalla, officials said, in attacks claimed by the ISIS.
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Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Killing of 'Sorcerers'
Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed on today to have killed four men suspected of practicing witchcraft and sorcery in an area controlled by the jihadists.
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Yemeni Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Suspected Drone Strike: Report
The Yemeni leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was killed in a suspected US drone strike, CNN reported on Monday, quoting two Yemeni national security officials.
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Drone Strike Kills 3 Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen
Three suspected Al-Qaeda members were killed in an apparent US drone strike in Yemen's jihadist-held south eastern port city of Mukalla, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.
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7 Al Qaeda Suspects Killed in Yemen Drone Strike
Seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an apparent US drone strike on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla which the jihadists overran earlier this month, a local official said today.
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36 Dead in Yemen Air Raids, Fighting
Saudi-led warplanes pounded a rebel convoy headed to bolster an assault on loyalist forces in Yemen's battleground second city Aden, while fighting raged in the third city of Taez, officials said Friday.
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11 Indians Rescued by Pakistan From Yemen
Pakistan said on Saturday that it has evacuated 11 Indians along with 148 Pakistani citizens from strife-torn Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under the control of al-Qaeda militants.
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Al Qaeda's Yemen Unit Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
A top leader of Yemen's Al-Qaeda branch has claimed responsibility for last week's attack on a Paris newspaper when two masked gunmen killed 12 people, including much of the weekly's editorial staff and two police officers.
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Al-Qaeda Member in Yemen Says Group Directed Paris Attack
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor" of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a member of the group told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Qaeda Urges Worldwide Muslim Support of Islamic State
Al Qaeda's deadly Yemen-based franchise on Friday urged Muslims worldwide to support Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq in the face of attacks by a US-led military coalition.
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Two Soldiers, Four Militants Killed in Eastern Yemen
Two Yemeni soldiers and four suspected militants were killed when soldiers raided a house used by insurgents in the restive eastern province of Hadramout, a local security official said on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Says Kills 'Spies' for Aiding US Drone Strikes in Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said it had executed four men accused of planting electronic chips in vehicles to help U.S. drones track insurgents in Yemen, in a video posted on a Yemeni news website and seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Yemeni Army in Heavy Fighting; Six Soldiers Die in Suicide Blast
Yemen said at least 37 al Qaeda militants were killed in the southern province of Shabwa on Sunday as the army intensified an offensive to root out foreign and local Islamist fighters holed up in some of the country's most impenetrable areas.
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US Increases Bounty To $10 Million For Information On Al-Qaeda Leader
The US department is further offering a reward of up to USD 5 million for information leading to the identification or location of Khalid Saeed al-Batarfi, a senior regional leader of the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Indian-Origin Man Jailed For 27 Years In US For Funding Al Qaeda
An Indian man who came to the United States to study was sentenced Monday to more than 27 years in prison for sending funds to Al-Qaeda and plotting to kill the federal judge in his trial.
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35 Dead In Yemen Suicide Attacks Claimed By ISIS
A wave of suicide bombings targeting Yemeni troops killed at least 35 people on Monday in the southeastern city of Mukalla, officials said, in attacks claimed by the ISIS.
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Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Killing of 'Sorcerers'
Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed on today to have killed four men suspected of practicing witchcraft and sorcery in an area controlled by the jihadists.
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Yemeni Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Suspected Drone Strike: Report
The Yemeni leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was killed in a suspected US drone strike, CNN reported on Monday, quoting two Yemeni national security officials.
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Drone Strike Kills 3 Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen
Three suspected Al-Qaeda members were killed in an apparent US drone strike in Yemen's jihadist-held south eastern port city of Mukalla, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.
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7 Al Qaeda Suspects Killed in Yemen Drone Strike
Seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an apparent US drone strike on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla which the jihadists overran earlier this month, a local official said today.
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36 Dead in Yemen Air Raids, Fighting
Saudi-led warplanes pounded a rebel convoy headed to bolster an assault on loyalist forces in Yemen's battleground second city Aden, while fighting raged in the third city of Taez, officials said Friday.
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11 Indians Rescued by Pakistan From Yemen
Pakistan said on Saturday that it has evacuated 11 Indians along with 148 Pakistani citizens from strife-torn Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under the control of al-Qaeda militants.
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Al Qaeda's Yemen Unit Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
A top leader of Yemen's Al-Qaeda branch has claimed responsibility for last week's attack on a Paris newspaper when two masked gunmen killed 12 people, including much of the weekly's editorial staff and two police officers.
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Al-Qaeda Member in Yemen Says Group Directed Paris Attack
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor" of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a member of the group told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Qaeda Urges Worldwide Muslim Support of Islamic State
Al Qaeda's deadly Yemen-based franchise on Friday urged Muslims worldwide to support Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq in the face of attacks by a US-led military coalition.
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Two Soldiers, Four Militants Killed in Eastern Yemen
Two Yemeni soldiers and four suspected militants were killed when soldiers raided a house used by insurgents in the restive eastern province of Hadramout, a local security official said on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Says Kills 'Spies' for Aiding US Drone Strikes in Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said it had executed four men accused of planting electronic chips in vehicles to help U.S. drones track insurgents in Yemen, in a video posted on a Yemeni news website and seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Yemeni Army in Heavy Fighting; Six Soldiers Die in Suicide Blast
Yemen said at least 37 al Qaeda militants were killed in the southern province of Shabwa on Sunday as the army intensified an offensive to root out foreign and local Islamist fighters holed up in some of the country's most impenetrable areas.
