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Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began in 2001, escalating steadily until 14 January 2010, when Yemen declared open war on al-Qaeda. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] In addition to battling al-Qaeda across several provinces, Yemen was forced to contend with a Shia insurgency in the north and militant separatists in the south .
The conflict between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State conflict was also referred to as the "Jihadist civil war". [ 31 ] Also, since the establishment of the Islamic State, many Al-Qaeda affiliated groups became fractured, with certain factions of the groups pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, while the rest opposed the Islamic State.
When video of the pilot's execution was released, a moratorium on executions in Jordan was lifted and the Al-Qaida operatives, Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli were executed. [ 174 ] [ 175 ] On 21 August 2015, three ISIL fighters, two with UK nationality, were targeted and killed in Raqqa , Syria by a British Royal Air Force MQ-9 Reaper ...
The Houthis have vowed to keep attacking ships in the region in solidarity with Hamas, as the war in Gaza and conflict in Lebanon all threaten to ignite an all-out war in the region. ISIS leaders ...
The following is a list of conflicts involving the militant group known as al-Qaeda throughout its various incarnations. The group currently controls portions of territory in Somalia and Yemen and has taken part in many battles and wars.
The Houthis have sporadically targeted ships in the region over time, but the attacks have increased since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas and spiked after an explosion Oct. 17 at a ...
Yemen's Houthis have joined the Israel-Hamas war raging more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, declaring on Oct. 31 they had fired drones and missiles at ...
On 12 August, Houthi sources reported advances on the Marib front against ISIS and Al-Qaeda forces located in the southeast of Marib and Saudi led forces in the southwest. [ 12 ] On 19 August, the spokesperson of the Houthi movement, Gen. Yahya al-Sari, said that after military operations the districts of Walad Rabi and Quraishiyah were ...