Sources: Reuters
French forces confirm reports that they killed Algerian-born senior al-Qaeda official Yahia Djouadi in a drone strike in February. 2022-03-7
Thousands of Iraqis demand American forces withdraw from the country during protests in Liberation Square, Baghdad, a year after an American drone strike killed Iran's general Qasem Soleimani and Iraq's militia commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The anniversary of their deaths in Baghdad was also marked in Iran as well as by supporters in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and other Middle East countries. 2021-01-3
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
Gunmen abduct the chief of staff to Yemen's president in the center of the capital, Sana'a. It is uncertain if Shiite Houthi rebels or al-Qaeda militants kidnapped Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak. 2015-01-17
An attack on a Yemeni military checkpoint by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen, leaves 14 people dead. 2014-06-5
Six suspect Al-Qaeda militants are killed in a drone strike in Southern Yemen. 2013-08-7
Two drone strikes kill at least seven suspected al-Qaeda militants in the Abyan Governorate of Yemen. 2013-06-1
Around 30 people are killed in clashes between the army and suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen. 2012-03-31
Yemen arrests three suspected Al-Qaeda members, including one leader, northwest of the capital Sana'a. 2010-01-6
The United States and United Kingdom close their embassies in Yemen, citing threats from Al-Qaeda. 2010-01-3