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FILE - This March 25, 2007, file image, made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida militant Abu Yahia al-Libi. A U.S. drone strike killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, an American official said Tuesday, a significant blow to the terror network that has lost a string of top leaders since the death of Osama bin Laden last year on Monday, June 4, 2012. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEO

Clashes kill at least 26 al-Qaida militants

Last updated Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 2:05pm

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's army battled al-Qaida militants in two contested southern towns, killing at least 26, the country's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, part of its weeks-long offensive against the militants.

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A Yemeni nurse checks on a wounded policeman who was injured in a suicide bomb attack at parade square in a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 21, 2012. Officials say Monday's bombing near Sanaa's presidential palace is one of the deadliest attacks in the city in months. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Suicide bombing kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 9:56am

SANAA, Yemen -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal Monday in Yemen's capital, killing 96 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in years, officials said.

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Fighting in Yemen kills 16 al-Qaida militants

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 7:07am

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while six soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country’s troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said.

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Protesters shout slogans as the official results of the country's presidential election are being announce at Taghyeer (Change) Square, where protesters have been camping at for around one year to demand the resignation and trial of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Yemen's election commission says 65 percent of registered voters in the country cast their ballot for Vice President Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi in the single-candidate election for the nation's new president. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

185 Yemeni troops killed in al-Qaida attack

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 11:08am

SANAA, Yemen -- The death toll from an al-Qaida assault on a military base in southern Yemen has risen to 185 government soldiers, military and medical officials said Tuesday. Many soldiers' bodies were found mutilated, and some were headless.

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Yemen fighting kills 30 troops, 14 militants

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 10:19am

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni military officials say at least 30 soldiers and 14 al-Qaida militants have been killed in fighting in the southern province of Abyan.

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Yemeni protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived at an unspecified location in the United States, according to the country's foreign press office. His journey had taken him from Oman, through London. Human Rights Watch, which says it has documented the deaths of hundreds of anti-government protesters in confrontations with Saleh's security forces, was outraged by the Yemeni president's travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

US airstrikes kill 4 al-Qaida militants in Yemen

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:08am

SANAA, Yemen -- U.S. airstrikes targeting leaders from Yemen's active al-Qaida branch killed four suspected militants, including a man suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, officials said Tuesday.

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In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs an agreement to step down Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo / HO, Saudi Press Agency)

Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising

Abdullah Al-Shihri, Ben Hubbard The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 4:19pm

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.

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(HANI MOHAMMED/The Associated Press) A defected army soldier stands guard while protestors attend a demonstration to demand the resignation of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.

Yemen’s al-Qaida remains threat after drone strike

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 4:22pm

SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida’s branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three of its key figures. Its military leadership remains intact and is only growing stronger amid months of political turmoil tearing Yemen apart.

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US attack in Yemen kills American-born al-Quaida cleric

Kimberly Dozier, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 30, 2011 - 8:37am

WASHINGTON -- An American-born cleric killed in Yemen played a "significant operational role" in plotting and inspiring attacks on the United States, U.S. officials said Friday, as they disclosed detailed intelligence to justify the killing of a U.S. citizen.

Anwar al-Awlaki was killed early Friday in a strike on his convoy carried out by a joint operation of the CIA and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command, according to counterterrorism officials. Al-Awlaki had been under observations for three weeks while they waited for the right opportunity to strike.

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(HANI MOHAMMED/The Associated Press) Protestors react during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. A Yemeni pro-opposition officer says troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh are attacking soldiers who sided with the opposition in the capital Sanaa, killing several. Abdel-Ghani al-Shimiri says government forces are also moving to clear the opposition encampment on Change Square, which has been the epicenter of Yemen’s uprising. Earlier in the day, more than a dozen people died as government forces attacked the protest camp at the square.

Yemeni president’s troops kill 40 in new battles

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 5:14pm

SANAA, Yemen — In one of the bloodiest days of Yemen’s uprising, government troops backed by snipers and shelling attacked a square full of Yemeni protesters Saturday and battled with pro-opposition forces in the capital, killing at least 40 people and littering the streets with bodies.

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Scores killed as violence rages on in Yemen

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 8:26am

SANAA, Yemen -- Fighting raged on Saturday in the Yemeni capital, leaving at least 40 dead as forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled pro-opposition soldiers and moved to clear the protest camp at a Sanaa square that has been the epicenter of the country's uprising.

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A defected soldier stands guard while protestors attend a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents that have turned the capital into a war zone. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Sayaghi)

Yemen president returns, adds confusion to crisis

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 23, 2011 - 10:11am

SANAA, Yemen — President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents that have turned the capital into a war zone.

Saleh, who did not immediately appear in public after his return, called for a cease-fire and said negotiations were the only way out of the crisis. The statement, however, suggested he does not intend to step down immediately and was likely to only anger protesters who have been demanding his ouster for months and the military units and armed tribal fighters that back the opposition.

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Protestors throw rocks at an anti-riot vehicle during clashes with security forces, in Taiz, Yemen, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. In the southern city of Taiz, at least one protester was killed and several others were wounded Monday in clashes between anti-regime demonstrators and security forces, according to witnesses. (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

Death toll tops 50 as clashes continue in Yemen

Adam Baron McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 10:51am

SANAA, Yemen -- The Yemeni capital was rocked by violence Monday for a second straight day as government forces clashed with demonstrators and defected soldiers, leaving at least 25 people dead.

That raised the death toll to more than 50 in one of the worst spates of violence since demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule began nearly eight months ago.

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(HANI MOHAMMED/The Associated Press) An anti-government protester holds out his blood-stained hands after clashes with security forces, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital pushing for ouster of longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing several people and wounding dozens.

Yemeni forces open fire on protesters, 26 killed

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 5:52pm

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital demanding ouster of their longtime ruler, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens, medical officials and witnesses said.

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A Yemeni army soldier, center, shouts slogans, along with anti-government protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Security officials say 57 militants, mostly from al-Qaida, have escaped from a prison in southern Yemen. They say the 57 were among 62 inmates from the Mukalla jail in the Hadarmout province who escaped Wednesday through an underground tunnel. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

57 al-Qaida militants escape prison in south Yemen

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 10:41am

SANAA, Yemen -- Dozens of al-Qaida militants battled their way out of prison Wednesday in the latest sign that Yemen's political upheaval has emboldened them to challenge authorities in the country's nearly lawless south, security officials said.

In a carefully choreographed escape from the Mukalla prison in Hadramout province, 57 al-Qaida-linked militants attacked their guards and seized their weapons before they made their way through a 45-meter (yard) tunnel to freedom.

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