Qaeda Militants Killed In Yemen

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior Yemeni militia leader and four people travelling in his convoy in the southern city of Aden, residents and militia sources said today.

A rare tropical cyclone struck Yemen's arid eastern coastal province of Hadramout on Tuesday and killed eight people before gradually petering out inland, regional officials said.

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.

A drone strike killed five suspected al Qaeda militants as they sat down for a meal on the waterfront of the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla on Tuesday, residents said.

A drone attack killed two suspected Al Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa today, local residents told Reuters, the latest in a series of strikes in the country gripped by political turmoil.

A US drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected Al Qaeda militants today in the southern province of Shabwa, local Yemeni security officials told Reuters.

Clashes between Shi'ite Houthi militiamen and Sunni tribesmen fighting alongside Al Qaeda militants killed 26 people in Yemen, local officials said, as the United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia and Western countries in closing its embassy in the country.

A woman, a 10-year-old boy and a local al Qaeda leader were among at least 11 people killed alongside two Western hostages when U.S.-led forces battled militants in a failed rescue mission in Yemen, residents said on Sunday.

Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher who was taken hostage by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen more than a year ago, was killed on Saturday in a failed rescue bid just a day before he was due to be released.

Al Qaeda militants killed US journalist Luke Somers and another hostage during a rescue operation in Yemen, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday, saying the attempt to free the captives was justified.

Drone strikes killed nine suspected Al-Qaeda militants today in southeast Yemen, where the US military launched a failed operation last month to rescue an American hostage, security and tribal sources said.

An American photojournalist held by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen has been killed in a failed rescue attempt, his sister said today.

At least seven suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Wednesday in a US drone strike on a vehicle they were driving in southern Yemen, military sources said.

A senior al Qaeda official wanted by the United States and a local leader of the militant group's affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia, were killed in a drone strike in central Yemen overnight, tribal sources and a militant said today.

Overnight drone strikes killed at least 20 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, where Washington has conducted a sustained drone war against jihadist leaders, tribal sources and witnesses said on Tuesday.

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior Yemeni militia leader and four people travelling in his convoy in the southern city of Aden, residents and militia sources said today.

A rare tropical cyclone struck Yemen's arid eastern coastal province of Hadramout on Tuesday and killed eight people before gradually petering out inland, regional officials said.

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.

A drone strike killed five suspected al Qaeda militants as they sat down for a meal on the waterfront of the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla on Tuesday, residents said.

A drone attack killed two suspected Al Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa today, local residents told Reuters, the latest in a series of strikes in the country gripped by political turmoil.

A US drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected Al Qaeda militants today in the southern province of Shabwa, local Yemeni security officials told Reuters.

Clashes between Shi'ite Houthi militiamen and Sunni tribesmen fighting alongside Al Qaeda militants killed 26 people in Yemen, local officials said, as the United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia and Western countries in closing its embassy in the country.

A woman, a 10-year-old boy and a local al Qaeda leader were among at least 11 people killed alongside two Western hostages when U.S.-led forces battled militants in a failed rescue mission in Yemen, residents said on Sunday.

Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher who was taken hostage by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen more than a year ago, was killed on Saturday in a failed rescue bid just a day before he was due to be released.

Al Qaeda militants killed US journalist Luke Somers and another hostage during a rescue operation in Yemen, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday, saying the attempt to free the captives was justified.

Drone strikes killed nine suspected Al-Qaeda militants today in southeast Yemen, where the US military launched a failed operation last month to rescue an American hostage, security and tribal sources said.

An American photojournalist held by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen has been killed in a failed rescue attempt, his sister said today.

At least seven suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Wednesday in a US drone strike on a vehicle they were driving in southern Yemen, military sources said.

A senior al Qaeda official wanted by the United States and a local leader of the militant group's affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia, were killed in a drone strike in central Yemen overnight, tribal sources and a militant said today.

Overnight drone strikes killed at least 20 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, where Washington has conducted a sustained drone war against jihadist leaders, tribal sources and witnesses said on Tuesday.