Mukalla
Yemen rebels vow escalation as Saudis look to relax blockade
Middle East
November 13, 2017
Yemen rebels vow escalation as Saudis look to relax blockade
Saudi Arabia announced Monday that the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in…
Suicide bombers attack Yemeni army checkpoints, killing 10
Middle East
July 18, 2016
Suicide bombers attack Yemeni army checkpoints, killing 10
Two suicide bombers tried to ram vehicles laden with explosives through two Yemeni military checkpoints near the government-held port city…
Islamic State bombings in southern Yemen kill 38: medics
Middle East
June 28, 2016
Islamic State bombings in southern Yemen kill 38: medics
Three coordinated Islamic State bomb attacks on Yemeni government forces killed 38 people in the southern port city of Mukalla…
Al-Qaeda still reaping oil profits in Yemen despite battlefield reverses
Middle East
May 27, 2016
Al-Qaeda still reaping oil profits in Yemen despite battlefield reverses
Al-Qaeda may have been pushed out of the enclave it carved out in Yemen as the country descended into civil…
Thirteen militants killed in southern Yemen raid: army
Middle East
May 22, 2016
Thirteen militants killed in southern Yemen raid: army
Yemeni troops killed 13 militants in a raid on a house outside the southern city of Mukalla on Sunday in…
Yemen’s Mukalla airport reopens with aid flight after Qaeda exit
Middle East
May 9, 2016
Yemen’s Mukalla airport reopens with aid flight after Qaeda exit
The airport has reopened at the Yemeni coastal city of Mukalla which was recaptured by government and Emirati soldiers in…
Official: Four Qaeda suspects killed by ‘US drone’ in Yemen
Middle East
August 23, 2015
Official: Four Qaeda suspects killed by ‘US drone’ in Yemen
Four suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed overnight in an apparent US drone strike in Mukalla, the southern Yemeni city that…