Sources: Reuters
Yemen's top salafist cleric, Samahan Abdel-Aziz, is found dead, with signs of torture, in Sheikh Othman, Aden Governorate, after being abducted by gunmen outside his mosque after delivering a sermon against Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. 2016-01-31
A drone strike kills four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in northern Yemen. 2015-09-12
Shiite Houthi rebels seize a Yemeni military base south of the capital, Sana'a, where U.S. military advisers once trained Yemeni counterterrorism forces to fight Al-Qaeda in the south of the country. Forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh had manned the captured base. 2015-01-29
Six suspect Al-Qaeda militants are killed in a drone strike in Southern Yemen. 2013-08-7
The United States conducts two drone strikes in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants. 2012-05-12
Missile strikes kill eight militants near the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Jaar in southern Yemen. 2012-05-9
2011–2012 Yemeni revolution: At least 21 people die in clashes between al-Qaeda militants and Yemeni Army soldiers in southern Yemen. 2012-04-9
Air strikes kill 30 Al-Qaeda linked militants near Zinjibar in Yemen's Abyan Governorate with eight army soldiers killed in fighting. 2011-08-24
Yemen begins a ground and air campaign against al-Qaeda forces, killing at least 6; Western embassies in Yemen go on high security alert. 2010-10-17
Yemen arrests three suspected Al-Qaeda members, including one leader, northwest of the capital Sana'a. 2010-01-6