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UAE says it has arrested plotters linked to al Qaeda

April 18, 2013 03:00
By Yara Bayoumy DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it had arrested a seven-member cell linked to al Qaeda that was planning attacks on the Gulf oil and business hub, the second time this year it has alleged a concrete threat from the militant group. The UAE, an important military, counter-terrorism and business partner of the West, said the seven were Arab nationals who had been helping al Qaeda with recruitment, financing and logistical support.

Three killed in assassination attempt on Yemeni rebel negotiator

March 23, 2013 10:00
SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead three people in a failed attempt to assassinate a Houthi rebel leader on Saturday after he left Yemen's "national dialogue" talks aimed at ending political turmoil in the country, sources at the talks said. Abdo Abu Ras, the Houthis' representative at the negotiations, was returning by car to his hotel in the capital Sanaa when gunmen opened fire, killing three of his companions, the sources said.

3 killed in attack on Yemen Shiite rebel leader

March 23, 2013 09:16
Gunmen in Yemen on Saturday killed three guards of a leader of the Huthi Shiite rebels who escaped the assassination bid in Sanaa where he is taking part in a national dialogue, witnesses said. The gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of Abdulwahid Abu Ras, the rebel chief in the northern province of Al-Jawf, in Nasr Street in the capital shortly after the morning session of the talks, witnesses said. Three guards were killed and two were wounded, they said.

Yemen demands Iran explanation on arms shipment

February 10, 2013 09:31
Yemen on Sunday demanded an explanation from Tehran over an Iran-linked arms shipment seized last month and rejected interference in its internal affairs, state news agency Saba reported. "The Yemeni government will not allow interference in its internal affairs from any party, or for its territories to become a site for proxy wars," Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told Iran's ambassador to Sanaa, Mahmud Hassan Zada.

UPDATE 1-Yemen demands Iran halt support for insurgents

February 7, 2013 19:45
* Yemen says Iranian arms included Katyusha, Strella missiles * Say arms destined for Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels * Shipment is likely to further strain Iranian-Yemeni ties (Adds that incident raised at U.N. Security Council) By Mohammed Ghobari

Yemen demands Iran halts support for insurgents

February 7, 2013 09:30
* Yemen says Iranian arms included Katyusha, Strella missiles * Say arms destined for Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels * Shipment is likely to further strain Iranian-Yemeni ties By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Yemen's president has asked his Iranian counterpart to stop backing armed groups on its soil after coastguards seized a consignment of missiles and rockets believed sent by the Islamic Republic, a government official said on Thursday.

Iran denies links to shipload of arms seized by Yemen

February 4, 2013 04:45
Tehran has denied that a ship loaded with rockets and explosives intercepted by Yemen's coast guard originated from Iran as claimed by Yemeni officials, local media reported on Monday. The reports cited an unnamed source in the foreign ministry as saying that Tehran "strongly denies claims" by Yemen that the vessel came from Iran and was loaded with arms destined for Shiite rebels in Sunni-majority Yemen.

Yemen says seized ship carried rockets from Iran

February 3, 2013 10:46
A ship loaded with rockets and explosives which Yemen said it had intercepted last month came from Iran and the arms were destined for Shiite rebels, a security official said on Sunday. "The boat was heading towards the (Red Sea) port of Al-Mukha" and the arms "were destined for the Huthi rebels in Saada," the northern stronghold of the Shiite fighters, the Yemeni security official told AFP. Yemeni coast guard in coordination with the US navy last month intercepted the ship in the Arabian Sea, authorities have said.

Hundreds of Qaeda-linked militants reinforce south Yemen bastion

January 29, 2013 12:15
* Extra fighters arrive overnight at al Qaeda stronghold * Air forces strikes, militant ambushes kill at least 20 * Largest offensive against al Qaeda's AQAP since May 2011 * At least six al Qaeda-linked fighters, 14 soldiers killed * More than 2,500 people flee homes to escape deadly clashes By Mohammed Ghobari

Large arms shipment intercepted off Yemen, Iran eyed as source

January 28, 2013 21:15
* Surface-to-air missiles among weapons intercepted * Eight Yemenis on board ship at time of Jan. 23 seizure By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Yemeni forces intercepted a ship on Jan. 23 carrying a large cache of weapons - including surface-to-air missiles - that U.S. officials suspect were being smuggled from Iran and destined for Yemeni insurgents, officials said on Monday.
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