Terrorism in Yemen

People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near the Sanaa airport on March 26, 2015.

Yemen's 'turf battle' just got a lot bigger — and a lot more dangerous

The Houthi takeover of much of Yemen has turned into a regional power struggle, as a Saudi-led military coalition has started attacking Houthi targets in Yemen. The intervention could now have far wider implications outside of Yemen, including at the nuclear negotiating table.

Yemen's 'turf battle' just got a lot bigger — and a lot more dangerous
An injured girl reacts as she is carried by a man out of a mosque which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa on March 20, 2015.

Yemen's capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques

Yemen's capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques
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A Yemeni watches from afar — again — as his country erupts in chaos

A Yemeni watches from afar — again — as his country erupts in chaos
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What Obama didn't mention in the State of the Union

What Obama didn't mention in the State of the Union
Men look at wall graffiti depicting a American drone along a street in Sana'a, Yemen, on November 9, 2013.

This Yemeni says US drone strikes are actually helping al-Qaeda

This Yemeni says US drone strikes are actually helping al-Qaeda
A screenshot from a video released by al Qaeda on December 4, 2014, showing captured British-American photojournalist Luke Somers.

A failed rescue attempt in Yemen may have put an American hostage at greater risk

American photojournalist Luke Somers has two days to live, if al-Qaeda in Yemen makes good on its threat to kill him. One of Somers' friends believes that's partially thanks to a failed rescue mission last month by US Navy SEALs that may have provoked his captors instead.

A failed rescue attempt in Yemen may have put an American hostage at greater risk
Shiite Houthi rebels gesture as they stand atop an army vehicle they took from the compound of the army's First Armoured Division in Sanaa on September 22, 2014.

Yemen's peace deal brings Houthi rebels into the government, but many problems remain

A protest in Sana'a led by a northern Yemeni tribe, the Houthis, became a military assault on the capital over the weekend. Now a UN-brokered peace deal will allow the Houthis into power and end the fighting, but the situation remains complex with sectarian and tribal disputes still simmering.

Yemen's peace deal brings Houthi rebels into the government, but many problems remain
Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement perform Friday prayers on the airport road in Sanaa. Shiite rebels shelled Yemen's state-run television building in Sanaa on Friday and hundreds of residents fled in a dramatic escalation of violence.

The biggest threat in Yemen probably isn't what you think

The Houthi insurgency may be low on the radar of American worries in Yemen, the but the Shiite group is now in the streets of the capital and fighting government forces. And that battle could hand an opportunity to the group Western nations are focused on: al-Qaeda.

The biggest threat in Yemen probably isn't what you think
People gather at the site of a drone strike on the road between Yafe and Radfan districts of the southern Yemeni province of Lahj on August 11, 2013.

Six months later, no one knows exactly who died in an American drone strike in Yemen

On December 12, 2013, a drone strike killed a group of twelve men in Yemen. But beyond the number of the dead — and the compensation paid to the victims' families — almost everything else about the attack remains murky.

Six months later, no one knows exactly who died in an American drone strike in Yemen
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An intense strike against al-Qaeda in Yemen shows the US is still struggling to contain the terrorist group

The US has been fighting al-Qaeda ever since the September 11 attacks more than a dozen years ago. US President Obama said al-Qaeda is a now a shadow of itself. Yet the organization seems to keep growing and changing, in spite of continuing US strikes against it.

An intense strike against al-Qaeda in Yemen shows the US is still struggling to contain the terrorist group
A suspected al-Qaeda militant waiting at the state security court of appeals in Sanaa in March, 2013.  Many young men in Yemen get swept up in security crackdowns and become radicalized in jail.

Sitting down to tea in Yemen with the mother of al-Qaeda militants

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operates out of Yemen. And that's where BBC reporter Shaimaa Khalil found a mother whose three sons had joined al-Qaeda and now has a lonely life without her sons or a community.

Sitting down to tea in Yemen with the mother of al-Qaeda militants
Bomb explosion at the Yemeni Defense Ministry

A suicide bomb attack rocks Yemen yet again

Yemen is home to some of the most radical, and effective, affiliates of al-Qaeda. The US has worked with the new Yemeni government to use drones to attack militants. Still, the latest suicide bombing targeted a military hospital in the capital, and killed more than 50 soldiers and civilians.

A suicide bomb attack rocks Yemen yet again

Attitudes in Yemen Toward US Drone Strikes and al-Qaeda

There have been several reports about suspected US drone strikes in Yemen this week, two just today. The BBC's Yalda Hakim tells anchor Aaron Schachter about local resentment against both Al Qaeda and the US.

Attitudes in Yemen Toward US Drone Strikes and al-Qaeda

Drones in Yemen: A Scene from Ground Level

Drones in Yemen: A Scene from Ground Level

Al Qaeda's Yemen Connection

Al Qaeda's Yemen Connection