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US stepping up its covert war in Yemen, reports say

CIA, US military helping Sanaa target Al Qaeda and other insurgents there.

Yemen: At least two militants killed in suspected US drone strike

Attack comes as Washington steps up involvement in tackling insurgents.

Clashes in Yemen leave at least 36 dead: officials

Fighting erupts in Yemen's volatile Abyan province.

Al Qaeda offshoot trains Norwegian to attack West, AP report says

Norwegian man was trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen to attack the West, AP reports.

An image taken with a mobile phone allegedly shows an armed vehicle driving in Loder, in the restive southern Abyan province, as clashes continued between Al Qaeda militants and the Yemeni army forces on May 16, 2012.

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