Rappler's latest stories on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
UN blacklists Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen
The group was briefly included on the annual list of shame last year before a threat by Saudi Arabia to cut off its funding to UN programs forced a reversal
U.S. elite forces in deadly raid on Al-Qaeda in Yemen
The assault marked Washington s first major military action in Yemen under Donald Trump who has vowed to step up the US fight against Islamic extremism
Bin Laden documents: Worry over ISIS tactics, 'aging' Al-Qaeda
Documents released by the CIA show Osama bin Laden trying to keep his jihadist followers around the world aligned in his war against the United States
5 years after bin Laden, Al Qaeda down but far from out
Replaced as the preeminent global jihadist power by the Islamic State ISIS group Al Qaeda nonetheless remains a potent force and dangerous threat experts say
US strike kills 40 Al-Qaeda militants at Yemen camp
3rd UPDATE According to a tribal source the casualties were new Al Qaeda recruits
Al-Qaeda in Yemen says leader killed in drone strike
Al Qaeda commanders have met and chosen AQAP military chief Qassem al Rimi as their new leader
Saudi pounds Yemen rebel camps, Arab allies gather
At least 39 civilians have been killed in Saudi led Operation Decisive Storm against the Huthis and their allies
Attacks challenge 'lone wolf' terrorist theory
A New York based think tank says a better term would be known wolves given how many are already known to Western intelligence agencies before they strike
Yemen arrests 2 French Al-Qaeda suspects: top official
Washington regards the Yemen based franchise as the network s most dangerous branch
Qaeda in Yemen claims attack on Charlie Hebdo
One of the group s leaders Nasser al Ansi says the attack is an order from Ayman Zawahiri the network s global commander
Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for Paris attack – report
AQAP has a record of launching attacks far from its base in Yemen including a bid to blow up a US airliner over Michigan on Christmas Day in 2009
At least 20 dead as car bomb hits Yemen police academy
UPDATED The attack struck as dozens of Yemenis queued to join the police academy in the center of the capital and also wounded at least 23 people
15 schoolgirls killed in Yemen car bomb
The schoolgirls are killed in Yemen when their bus was caught up in a car bomb attack targeting a Shiite militia leader by suspected Al Qaeda militants
Questions swirl over failed Yemen hostage rescue mission
Questions are mounting over a failed US rescue mission in Yemen that left one US hostage and another South African hostage dead
US, S.African hostages killed in Yemen rescue bid
2ND UPDATE Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie die in a failed rescue attempt by US forces against Al Qaeda
43 dead in suicide attack in Yemen capital – medics
Medics say dozens were also wounded in the Sanaa blast – the largest in the capital since a May 2012 attack on an army parade which killed 100 people
500 'Qaeda' killed, aid needed – Yemen army
We will press on with our war against Al Qaeda especially in the regions that militants fled to Colonel Saeed al Fakeih says
30 dead as Yemen army launches new assault on Qaeda
Separate ambushes by Al Qaeda militants kill 30 of which 18 were Yemeni soldiers and 12 were militants
Drone attacks kill dozens of Qaeda suspects in Yemen
US drones fired several missiles into a training camp run by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP on Sunday
20 Yemen soldiers killed in 'Qaeda attack': report
Gunmen suspected to be Al Qaeda attack a checkpoint killing 8 Yemen soldiers and wounding 6 others
Iran diplomat fatally wounded in Yemen shooting – medic
There has been a spate of attacks targeting foreigners in the Yemeni capital in recent months
Al-Qaeda 'sorry' for Yemen hospital attack
A deadly Al Qaeda attack this month on a Yemeni defense ministry hospital was a mistake and the jihadist network is ready to pay blood money to the victims which included Philippine citizens
PH tells Filipinos to leave Yemen
The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised crisis alert level 3 over the Middle Eastern country after a suspected terrorist attack killed 7 Filipinos there
Yemen says defense complex attackers mostly Saudi
UPDATED A preliminary report says suspects were mostly Saudis adding credibility to Al Qaeda s claim that they are responsible
7 Filipinos dead in Yemen attack
4th UPDATE Al Qaeda claims the attack on the Yemeni defense complex according to a statement they posted online
2 Filipinos killed in Yemen - report
At least 25 people are killed in a suicide attack at Yemen s defense ministry on December 5
6 months on, hunger strike roils Guantanamo
Many legal political obstacles to closing Guantanamo remain meaning dozens of detainees who have been force fed are no nearer to returning home
