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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Index Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (lit or, Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, "Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), or AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (جماعة أنصار الشريعة, Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah, "Group of the Helpers of the Sharia"), is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. [1]

341 relations: Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Humayqani, Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Abdul Haq (ETIP), Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh bin Otash, Abdulelah Haider Shaye, Abdullah al-Asiri, Abdullah Al-Rimi, Abdullah Mehdar, Abdullah Mubarak al-Daghari, Abdullatif Al-Sayed, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Bilal al-Harbi, Abyan campaign (March–August 2015), Abyan conflict (2016–2018), Abyan Governorate, Accidents and incidents involving the V-22 Osprey, Aden unrest (2015–present), Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, ADX Florence, Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen, Ahmad al-Akhader Nasser Albidani, Ahmad Mohammad Ali al-Hada, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, Ahrar al-Sham, Al Anad Air Base, Al Farouq training camp, Al Houta, Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre, Al-Ansi, Al-Majalah camp attack, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda activities in Europe, Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qaeda insurgency 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Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Humayqani

Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Humayqani (عبد الوهاب الحميقاني) (born 1972) is a Yemeni politician.

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Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin

Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin Al-Muqrin (عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن; also Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin and other transliterations), alias Abu Hajr (ابو هاجر) and Abu Hazim, (1971–2004), was the leader of the militant Jihadist group al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

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Abdul Haq (ETIP)

Abdul Haq al-Turkistani (born 10 October 1971) is a Uyghur Islamic militant who leads the Turkistan Islamic Party (also known as the East Turkistan Islamic Movement).

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Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh bin Otash

Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh bin Attash (Arabic), (born in 1975 in Saudi Arabia, and identified as a Yemeni - died in 2011), became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts.

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Abdulelah Haider Shaye

Abdulelah Haider Shaye or Abd al-Ilah Haydar Al-Sha’i (born c. 1977) is a prominent Yemeni investigative journalist best known for his reporting of the December 17, 2009 U.S. cruise missile strike on al-Majalah in southern Yemen, his interviews with al-Qaeda leaders, and the controversial nature of his arrest and imprisonment in 2011.

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Abdullah al-Asiri

Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri (عبد الله حسن عسيري) (1986 – August 27, 2009) was a Saudi Arabian member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Abdullah Al-Rimi

Abdullah Al-Rimi (Arabic) or Abdullah Ahmed Al-Remi, (born in Yemen), has been described as an "important al-Qaeda recruiter", and became wanted in 2006 by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, "sought in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States." He was one of 23 people who escaped from Yemen prison in San'a, including the Yemen cell leader, Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei.

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Abdullah Mehdar

Abdullah al-Mehdarhad (?-2010) was an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) member who was the leader of a cell in Yemen.

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Abdullah Mubarak al-Daghari

Abdullah Mubarak al-Daghari was a militant Islamist and mid-level leader of al-Qaeda.

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Abdullatif Al-Sayed

Abdullatif Al-Sayed Bafaqih is a Southern Yemenite Abyani warlord, who played a major role during the wars against Al-Qaeda after 2012 in Abyan Governorate.

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Abdulrahman al-Awlaki

Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki (born al-Aulaqi; 26 August 1995 – 14 October 2011) was a 16-year-old American of Yemeni descent who was killed while eating dinner at an outdoor restaurant in Yemen by a drone airstrike ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama on 14 October 2011.

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Abu Ayyub al-Masri

Abu Ayyub al-Masri (أبو أيّوب المصري,; translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian") (ca. 1968 – 18 April 2010), also known as (in Arabic), US Department of State.

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Abu Bilal al-Harbi

Nasir Muhammad 'Awad al-Ghidan al-Harbi, known by his kunya Abu Bilal al-Harbi, is a Saudi Arabian citizen who is the governor of the Islamic State's branch in Yemen.

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Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)

The Abyan campaign (March–August 2015) was a campaign for control of the Abyan Governorate of Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and militiamen and Yemen Army units loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on the other side, supported by jihadists of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Abyan conflict (2016–2018)

Abyan Governorate clashes (2016–present), refers to ongoing clashes between forces of AQAP, forces loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and forces loyal to Southern Movement for the control of Abyan.

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Abyan Governorate

Abyan (أبين) is a governorate of Yemen.

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Accidents and incidents involving the V-22 Osprey

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American military tiltrotor aircraft with an accident history that has generated some controversy over its perceived safety.

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Aden unrest (2015–present)

The Aden unrest refers to an ongoing conflict between Islamist factions, such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's Yemen Branch, against the loyalists of president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

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Aden-Abyan Islamic Army

The Aden-Abyan Islamic Army (جيش عدن أبين الإسلامي) is an Islamist militant group based in southern Yemen, led by Zein al-Abideen al-Mehdar (also known as Abu El-Hassan El-Mohader).

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ADX Florence

The United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) is an American federal supermax prison for male inmates located in Fremont County, Colorado.

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Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen

The aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen refers to developments following the Houthis' takeover of the Yemeni capital of Sana'a and dissolution of the government, which eventually led to a civil war and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.

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Ahmad al-Akhader Nasser Albidani

Ahmad al-Akhader Nasser Albidani (Arabic), (born in 1977 in Yemen), became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts.

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Ahmad Mohammad Ali al-Hada

Ahmad Mohammad Ali al-Hada is an al-Qaeda operative from Yemen whose family is described by US government officials as a "supercell" within the al-Qaeda network.

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Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame (born c. mid-1980s) is a Somali prisoner of the United States.

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Ahrar al-Sham

Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya (lit), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition of multiple Islamist and Salafist units that coalesced into a single brigade and later a division in order to fight against the Syrian Government led by Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian Civil War.

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Al Anad Air Base

Al Anad Air Base is a military airbase in the Lahij Governorate, Yemen.

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Al Farouq training camp

The Al Farouq training camp, also called Jihad Wel al-Farouq, was an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Al Houta

Al Houta or Al-Hawtah (الحوطةAl-Ḥawṭah) is a city and an area located between Ta'izz and Aden in Yemen.

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Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre

Al Mesbar Studies & Research Center is a Dubai based cultural phenomena think tank concentrating on the study of Islamic Movements.

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Al-Ansi

Al-ʿAnsī (العنسي) is an ancient and prolific tribe originating in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen.

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Al-Majalah camp attack

The al-Majalah camp attack also referred to as the al-Majalah massacre occurred on December 17, 2009 when the United States military launched Tomahawk cruise missiles from a ship off the Yemeni coast on a Bedouin camp in the southern village of al-Majalah in Yemen, killing 14 alleged Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and 41 civilians, including 14 women and 21 children.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda (القاعدة,, translation: "The Base", "The Foundation" or "The Fundament" and alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qæda and sometimes al-Qa'ida) is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988.

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Al-Qaeda activities in Europe

The international activities of Al-Qaeda includes involvements in Europe, where members of the group have been involved in militant and terrorist activities in several countries.

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Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula

Al-Qaeda (Arabic: al-Qāᶜidah, "the Base") in the Sinai Peninsula, or AQSP, is an Egyptian militant jihadist organization possibly formed by a merger between al-Qaeda operatives in Sinai and Ansar al Jihad.

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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (lit or, Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, "Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), or AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (جماعة أنصار الشريعة, Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah, "Group of the Helpers of the Sharia"), is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

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Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (lit) usually abbreviated as AQIS, is an Islamist militant organization which aims to fight the governments of Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh in order to establish an Islamic state.

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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.

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Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

The al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen refers to the armed conflict between the Yemeni government with United States assistance, and al-Qaeda-affiliated cells.

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Al-Rashad Union

The Al-Rashad Union (الاتحاد الرشاد) is the first Salafi political party founded in Yemen.

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Al-Shabaab (militant group)

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM; حركة الشباب المجاهدين,; Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Alshabaab, lit. "Mujahideen Youth Movement" or "Movement of Striving Youth"), more commonly known as al-Shabaab (lit), is a jihadist fundamentalist group based in East Africa.

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American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War

The American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War refers to US support of Syrian opposition and the Federation of Northern Syria during the course of the Syrian Civil War, and active involvement of US military against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and against the al-Nusra Front from 2014.

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Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli

Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli (Arabic) (1977-3 June 2011, born in Yemen) became wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts.

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Amr Khaled

Amr Mohamed Helmi Khaled (عمرو محمد حلمي خالد; born 5 September 1967) is an Egyptian Muslim activist and television preacher.

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Anders Cameroon Østensvig Dale

Anders Cameroon Østensvig Dale (born 19 October 1978), also known as Muslim Abu Abdurrahman and Abu Abdurrahman the Norwegian, is a Norwegian Yemen-based terrorist associated with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Ansar al-Sharia

Ansar al-Sharia or Ansar al-Shariah is a name used by a collection of radical or militant Islamist groups or militias, in at least eight countries.

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Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)

Jama'at Ansar al-Shari'a (جماعة أنصار الشريعة), also known as Ansar al-Shari'a, is a Yemen-based umbrella organization which includes units from several militant Islamic groups of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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April 2015 New York City pressure cooker bomb plot

The April 2015 New York City pressure cooker bomb plot was a plot by Asia Siddiqui, a Pakistani American, and Noelle Velentzas to build a pressure cooker bomb in New York City.

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AQAP

AQAP may refer to.

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Arab Spring

The Arab Spring (الربيع العربي ar-Rabīʻ al-ʻArabī), also referred to as Arab Revolutions (الثورات العربية aṯ-'awrāt al-ʻarabiyyah), was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups, foreign interventions, and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East that began on 18 December 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri (أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهري, born June 19, 1951) is the current leader of Al-Qaeda and a current or former member and senior official of Islamist organizations which have orchestrated and carried out attacks in North America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

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Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari

Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari (Arabic), (born in 1970 in Yemen), became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts.

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Batch 10

Batch 10 is a name journalists have given to the tenth batch of former Saudi captives to be repatriated to Saudi Arabian custody.

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Battle of Al Masini valley

The battle of Al Masini valley, code named Operation Al Faisal by the Yemeni government, was an operation to clear the Al-Qaeda controlled stronghold of Misini valley.

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Battle of Dofas

The Battle of Dofas was a battle during the 2011 Yemeni uprising between forces loyal to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh and Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of al-Qaeda, during which the militants destroyed an Army artillery battalion of the 39th Armored Brigade in the town of Dofas, which was being used as a main base for artillery support against the militant-held towns of Zinjibar and Jaʿār.

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Battle of Mukalla (2015)

The Battle of Mukalla (2015) was a battle between al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, local tribesmen, and the Yemen Army for control of the coastal city of Mukalla, Yemen.

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Battle of Mukalla (2016)

The Second Battle of Mukalla refers to an armed conflict between al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Saudi-led Coalition.

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Battle of Radda

The Battle of Rada'a was a military confrontation in March 2013, initially launched by Al-Qaeda in an apparent reprisal for the Yemen army's offensive against their stronghold of al-Manasseh following the collapse of talks to free the three Western hostages believed to be held in the area, of whom a Finnish couple and an Austrian man who were studying Arabic in Yemen, when they were snatched by local tribesmen in the capital city of Sanaa, where they were then sold to al-Qaeda militants and transferred to the southern province of al-Bayda, where the city of al-Manasseh is located.

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Battle of Zinjibar

The Battle of Zinjibar was a battle between forces loyal to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh and Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), for control of the town of Zinjibar and its surroundings as part of the wider insurgency in the self-declared Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen.

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Benghazi

Benghazi (بنغازي) is the second-most populous city in Libya and the largest in Cyrenaica.

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Bill Donohue

William Anthony "Bill" Donohue (born July 18, 1947) is an American sociologist and civil activist.

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Bosnian mujahideen

Bosnian mujahideen (Bosanski mudžahedini), also called El Mudžahid (from مجاهد, mujāhid), were foreign Muslim volunteers who fought on the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) side during the 1992–95 Bosnian War.

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Boston Marathon bombing

During the annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs detonated 12 seconds and apart at 2:49 p.m., near the finish line of the race, killing three people and injuring several hundred others, including 16 who lost limbs.

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Charlie Hebdo shooting

On 7 January 2015 at about 11:30 local time, two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

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Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping

On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.

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Chronology of the reactions to Innocence of Muslims

This article covers the chronology of the reactions to Innocence of Muslims.

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Civilian casualties from U.S. drone strikes

Since the September 11 attacks, the United States government has carried out drone strikes in Pakistan (see drone strikes in Pakistan), Yemen (see drone strikes in Yemen), Somalia (see drone strikes in Somalia), Afghanistan, and Libya (see drone strikes in Libya).

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Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Middle East)

Content from the United States diplomatic cables leak has depicted the United States' opinion of the Middle East-related subjects extensively.

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Dabiq (magazine)

Dabiq (دابق) was an online magazine used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for Islamic radicalisation and recruitment.

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Death of Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 shortly after 1:00 am PKT (20:00 UTC, May 1) by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six).

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Deaths in December 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2014.

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Deaths in January 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2013.

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Deaths in June 2015

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2015.

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Declaration of war by the United States

A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another.

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Depictions of Muhammad

The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue.

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Domestic terrorism

Domestic terrorism or homegrown terrorism is terrorism targeting victims "within a country by a perpetrator with the same citizenship" as the victims.

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Eagleswood Township, New Jersey

Eagleswood Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

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East Midlands Airport

East Midlands Airport is an international airport in the East Midlands of England, located in Leicestershire close to Castle Donington.

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Emirate

An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arabic or Islamic monarch styled emir.

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Fahd al-Quso

Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso (November 12, 1974 – May 6, 2012), also known as Abu Huthaifah, Abu Huthaifah Al-Yemeni, Abu Al-Bara', Abu Hathayfah Al-Adani, Abu Huthaifah Al-Adani, Fahd Mohammed Ahmed Al-Awlaqi, Huthaifah Al-Yemeni, or Abu Huthaifah Al-Abu Al-Bara,"Most Wanted Terrorist: Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso"(2011) Federal Bureau of Investigations, Retrieved 2011-02-25.

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Fahd Faraj al-Juwair

Fahd Faraj al-Juwair (فهد فرج الجوير) (1969 – 28 February 2006) was a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda who was the highest member of that organization in Saudi Arabia at the point of his death.

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Faisal Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldakheel

Faisal Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldakheel (فيصل عبدالرحمن عبدالله الدخيل) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

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Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar

In early December 2015, two Yemeni towns, Zinjibar (the provincial capital of Abyan Governorate) and Ja'ar (a town a few km inland to the north), were captured by the jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Fawaz al-Nashimi

Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Nashimi (died June 2004), also known as Turki bin Fuheid al-Muteiry, was a member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and was identified by the group as the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks.

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First Battle of Lawdar

The First Battle of Lawdar refers to the Yemeni army offensive, launched between 19 and 25 August 2010 on the city of Lawdar, that at the time was controlled by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Flemming Rose

Flemming Rose (born 11 March 1958) is a Danish journalist, author and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.

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Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani

Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani is a citizen of Yemen formerly held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

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Global Anti-Aggression Campaign

The Global Anti-Aggression Campaign (GAAC) (Arabic: نالعدوا لمقاومة العالمية الحملة) is a human rights non-governmental organization ostensibly established to resist foreign aggression against Islam, Muslims, and Muslim countries in a manner that complies with the Sunni-Islamic faith.

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Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance

The Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance, also known as the Tribal Alliance of Hadramout or the Hadhramaut Tribes Alliance, is an armed group involved in the ongoing Yemeni Civil War.

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Hadramaut Insurgency

Hadramaut Insurgency, refers to an ongoing insurgency launched by AQAP and ISIL-YP, against forces loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

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Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari

Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari (died 31 January 2015) was a senior Shariah official of the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) based in Yemen.

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History of Qatar

The history of Qatar spans from its first duration of human occupation to its formation as a modern state.

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History of terrorism

The history of terrorism is a history of well-known and historically significant individuals, entities, and incidents associated, whether rightly or wrongly, with terrorism.

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History of the Special Air Service

The History of the British Army's Special Air Service or SAS regiment begins with its formation during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, and continues to the present day.

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History of Yemen

Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.

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Houthi insurgency in Yemen

The Houthi insurgency in Yemen, also known as the Houthi rebellion, Sa'dah War, or Sa'dah conflict, was a military rebellion pitting Zaidi Shia Houthis (though the movement also includes Sunnis) against the Yemeni military that began in Northern Yemen and has since escalated into a full-scale civil war.

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Houthi takeover in Yemen

The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known as the September 21 Revolution (by supporters), or 2014–15 coup d'état (by opponents), was a gradual armed takeover by the Houthis and supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh that pushed the Yemeni government from power.

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Houthis

The Houthis (الحوثيون al-Ḥūthiyyūn), officially called Ansar Allah (أنصار الله "Supporters of God"), are members of an Islamic religious-political-armed movement that emerged from Sa'dah in northern Yemen in the 1990s.

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Human rights violations during the Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)

There have been many human rights violations committed by various groups during the Yemeni Civil War.

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Ibrahim al Qosi

Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi (إبراهيم أحمد محمود القوصي) (born July 1960) is a Sudanese citizen and paymaster for al-Qaida.

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Ibrahim al-Asiri

Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri (born April 18, 1982) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia suspected of being chief bomb-maker of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna

Ibrahim al-Banna is a citizen of Egypt who security officials suspect is a leader in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh

Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaish (July 7, 1979 – April 12, 2015) was a terrorist and a senior leader of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

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Ikrima

Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir (born 1979), better known as Ikrima, is a Kenyan terrorist described as one of the most dangerous commanders of the Somali terror organisation Al-Shabaab.

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Improvised explosive device

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action.

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Inspire (magazine)

Inspire is an English language online magazine reported to be published by the organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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International military intervention against ISIL

In response to rapid territorial gains made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the first half of 2014, and its universally-condemned executions, reported human rights abuses and the fear of further spillovers of the Syrian Civil War, many states began to intervene against it in both the Syrian Civil War and the Iraqi Civil War (2014–present).

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International reactions to the Yemeni Revolution

The international reactions to the Yemeni Revolution were not as pronounced as reactions to similar events during the Arab Spring, but a number of governments and organisations made statements on Yemen before and after the departure of longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power in February 2012.

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Investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack

Several official investigations have been completed, are ongoing, or are under consideration, regarding the 2012 Benghazi attack.

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ISIL territorial claims

The core of the territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was from 2014 until November 2017 in Iraq and Syria, where the organization controlled significant swathes of urban, rural, and desert territory.

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Islam and blasphemy

Blasphemy in Islam is impious utterance or action concerning God, Muhammad or anything considered sacred in Islam.

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Islamic extremism

Islamic extremism has been defined by the British government as any form of Islam that opposes "democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs." Related terms include "Islamist extremism" and Islamism.

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Islamic Jihad of Yemen

The Islamic Jihad of Yemen (الجهاد الإسلامي في اليمن) was an al-Qaeda terrorist affiliate that claimed responsibility for the 2008 American Embassy attack in Yemen.

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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), Islamic State (IS) and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh (داعش dāʿish), is a Salafi jihadist terrorist organisation and former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi/Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.

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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province (الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام – ولاية اليَمَن, ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām – Wilayah al-Yaman), or ISIL-YP, is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), active in Yemen.

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Islamic terrorism

Islamic terrorism, Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism is defined as any terrorist act, set of acts or campaign committed by groups or individuals who profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals.

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Islamic terrorism in Europe (2014–present)

Since 2014, Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe have variously been carried out by ISIL operatives, operatives of Al-Qaeda, and lone wolves.

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Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi

Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi (also Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi and Jaber Jabran Ali Al-Fayfee and Jaber Al-Fifi; born in 1975 in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba on allegations he trained and fought with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.

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Jaʿār

Jaar (Arabic: جعار Jaʿār) is a small town and capital of Khanfir District in south-western Yemen.

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Jaʿār munitions factory explosion

A munitions factory explosion took place on March 28, 2011, in the village of Khanfar, Abyan, bordering the town of Jaʿār in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen.

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Jamaan Safian

Jamaan Safian is a citizen of Yemen reported to have been a leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen.

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Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi

Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Ali Al Badawi aka Jamal Abu Abed Al Rahman Al Badawi (جمال محمد البدوي) (born: July 22, 1960; or October 23, 1960; or 1963; or 1969) is a Yemeni who was convicted of helping plan the 2000 USS Cole bombing, which killed 17 American sailors on October 12, 2000 off the port coast of Aden, Yemen.

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January 2015 Île-de-France attacks

From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris.

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January 2015 Sana'a bombing

On 7 January 2015, a car bomb was detonated in front of a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 60 others.

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Jihad

Jihad (جهاد) is an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim.

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Jihadist extremism in the United States

Jihadist extremism in the United States (or Islamist extremism in the United States) refers to Islamic extremism occurring within the United States.

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Joint Special Operations Command

The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged to study special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization; to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training; to develop joint special operations tactics; and to execute special operations missions worldwide.

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Joint Terrorism Task Force

A Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is a partnership between various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as private organizations, that are charged with taking action against terrorism which includes the investigation of crimes such as wire fraud and identity theft.

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Judiciary of Saudi Arabia

The judiciary of Saudi Arabia is a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia that interprets and applies the laws of Saudi Arabia.

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Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis) (Danish: Muhammedkrisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam.

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Khaled al-Johani

Khaled al-Johani (also al-Jehani, Arabic: خالد الجهني, born) is a teacher of religious instruction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Khaled Ali Hajj

Khalid Ali bin-Ali al-Hajj also known as, "Abu-Hazim al-Sha'ir" was an alleged leader of Al-Qaeda listed on Saudi Arabia's Most Wanted list.

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Khalid Batarfi

Khalid Saeed Batarfi, (خالد سعيد باطرفي), also known as Abū al-Miqdād al-Kindī (أبو مقداد الكِنْدِي), is a Saudi Arabian militant and a senior member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Khorasan group

The Khorasan group, sometimes known simply as Khorasan, is an alleged group of senior al-Qaeda members operating in Syria.

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Lahij insurgency

The Lahij insurgency was a guerrilla war waged by tribesmen loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi against the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh, who controlled most of the Lahij Governorate of Yemen.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

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Legal system of Saudi Arabia

The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Qur'an and the Sunnah (the traditions) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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LGBT rights in Yemen

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) persons in Yemen face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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Lisa Monaco

Lisa Oudens Monaco (born February 25, 1968) is an American federal prosecutor who was the United States Homeland Security Advisor to President Barack Obama; the chief counterterrorism advisor to the President, and a statutory member of the United States Homeland Security Council.

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List of active rebel groups

This is a list of active rebel factions around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational or international.

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List of armed groups in the Yemeni Civil War

A number of armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Yemeni Civil War.

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List of assassinations in Asia

This is a list of assassinations which took place on the continent of Asia.

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List of designated terrorist groups

This is a list of designated terrorist groups by national governments, former governments, and inter-governmental organizations, where the proscription has a significant effect on the group's activities.

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List of drone strikes in Yemen

After the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, NATO tried to attack the Islamist militant presence in Yemen using drone warfare.

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List of jailbreaks by al-Qaida affiliates

In 2013 a succession of successful jailbreaks by al-Qaeda led INTERPOL to release a global alert calling for investigation of their role in jailbreaks in nine member countries.

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List of marauding terrorist incidents

This is a list of marauding terrorist incidents.

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List of operations conducted by SEAL Team Six

This is an incomplete list of operations conducted by the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group.

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List of terrorist incidents in 2004

This is a timeline of incidents in 2004 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

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List of terrorist incidents in August 2016

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in August 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in August 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in August 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in February 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in February 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in February 2018

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in February 2018, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in France

This is a list of terrorist attacks in France in peacetime from 1800to the present.

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List of terrorist incidents in January 2015

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in January 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in January 2016

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in January 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in January 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in January 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in January 2018

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in January 2018, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2011

This is a timeline of individual violent attacks which took place from January - June 2011, including attacks by state and non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2012

This is a timeline of individual violent attacks which took place from January to June 2012, including attacks by state and non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2014

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in the first half of 2014, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July 2015

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in July 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July 2016

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in July 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in July 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2011

This is a timeline of individual violent attacks which took place from July to December, 2011, including attacks by state and non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2012

This is a timeline of individual violent attacks which took place from July to December 2012, including attacks by state and non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2013

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place from July to December 2013, including attacks by non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2014

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in the second half of 2014, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in June 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in June 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in March 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in March 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in March 2018

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in March 2018, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in May 2016

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in May 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in May 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in May 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in May 2018

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in May 2018, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in New York City

New York City, the largest and most populous city in the United States, has been the target of numerous acts of terrorism throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

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List of terrorist incidents in October 2017

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in October 2017, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of United States drone bases

This is a List of United States drone bases, containing military bases from which the United States operates unmanned aerial vehicles.

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List of wars 1990–2002

This is a list of wars that began between 1990 to 2002. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda

The following is a list of conflicts involving the militant group known as al-Qaeda throughout its various incarnations.

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List of wars involving Kuwait

This is a list of wars that Kuwait has been involved in.

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List of wars involving South Yemen

This is a list of wars that South Yemen has been involved in.

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List of wars involving the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of wars that the United Arab Emirates has been involved in.

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List of wars involving the United States

This is a list of wars involving the United States of America.

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List of wars involving Yemen

This is a list of wars that Yemen has been involved in.

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Lists of former Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have returned to terrorism

Some former detainees who were held by the US at Guantanamo Bay detention camp have engaged in terrorism or militant activity since their release.

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Little Rock recruiting office shooting

The 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting took place on June 1, 2009, when the American Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, born Carlos Leon Bledsoe, opened fire with a rifle in a drive-by shooting on soldiers in front of a United States military recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Luke Somers

Luke Daniel Somers (1981 – 6 December 2014) was a British-born American photojournalist who had been held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen.

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Mahra Sultanate

The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra (سلطنة المهرة في قشن وسقطرة) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra (سلطنة المهرة في الغيضة وسقطرى) was a sultanate that included the historical region of Mahra and the Indian Ocean island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen.

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Management of Savagery

Management of Savagery: The Most Critical Stage Through Which the Islamic Nation Will Pass (إدارة التوحش: أخطر مرحلة ستمر بها الأمة, Idārat at-Tawaḥḥuš: Akhṭar marḥalah satamurru bihā l 'ummah), also translated as Administration of Savagery, is a book by the Islamist strategist Abu Bakr Naji, published on the Internet in 2004.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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May 2016 Yemen police bombings

On 15 May 2016, a suicide bombing in the southern Yemeni port city of Mukalla, the capital of the Hadhramaut province, killed at least 47 police and injured over 60.

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Military activity of ISIL

The military of ISIL is the fighting force of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi

Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.

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Mohammed Abdel Karim Al Ghezali

Mohammed Abdel Karim Al Ghezali is a citizen of Yemen who has been described as being an "Al Qaeda operative".

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Mohammed Omar

Mullah Mohammed Omar (ملا محمد عمر, Mullā Muḥammad 'Umar; c. 1960 – 23 April 2013), widely known as Mullah Omar, was the supreme commander and spiritual leader of the Taliban.

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Mudiyah

Mudiyah is a village in south-western Yemen.

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Muhammad bin Nayef

Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud (محمد بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 30 August 1959) is a prominent member of the House of Saud.

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Muhammad Musa al-Amri

Muhammad Musa al-Amri (محمد موسى العامري) (born 1 January 1965) is a Yemeni politician.

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Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan

Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan al-Umda, also known as Gharib al-Taezi, was self-implicated on videotape as a possible terrorist in 2002, and was wanted by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was seeking information about his identity and whereabouts.

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Mukalla

Mukalla (المكلا) is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's Hadhramaut Governorate.

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Muqrin

Muqrin (مقرن) is an Arabic name.

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Muqrin bin Abdulaziz

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (مقرن بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود; born 15 September 1945) is a member of House of Saud who served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from January to April 2015.

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Mustafa Setmariam Nasar

Abu Musab al-Suri, born Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Setmariam Nasar (مصطفى بن عبد القادر ست مريم نصار), is a suspected Al-Qaeda member and writer best known for his 1600-page book The Global Islamic Resistance Call (Da'wat al-muqawamah al-islamiyyah al-'alamiyyah).

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Nasir al-Wuhayshi

Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi (ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي; also transliterated as Naser al-Wahishi, Nasser al-Wuhayshi), alias Abu Basir, was a citizen of Yemen and the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi

Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi was a senior leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) based in Yemen.

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Northwest Airlines Flight 253

Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was an international passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, United States.

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November 2015 Paris attacks

The November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that occurred on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.

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Omar Abdel-Rahman

Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (عمر عبد الرحمن, Umar 'Abdu r-Raḥman; 3 May 1938 – 18 February 2017), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who served a life sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Butner in Butner, North Carolina, United States.

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Opération Sentinelle

Opération Sentinelle is a French military operation with 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police and gendarmes deployed since the aftermath of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, with the objective of protecting sensitive "points" of the territory from terrorism.

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Operation Blow to the Head

Operation Blow to the Head was a Yemeni military operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Sa'dah in the Saada Governorate.

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Osama bin Laden bodyguards

American officials have reported that the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had numerous bodyguards.

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Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi

Othman Ahmed Othman Al Omairah (also transliterated as Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

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Outlawed terror organisations in Australia

In 2002, as part of the fight against terrorism worldwide, the Australian Parliament passed the Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 "enabling Australian governments to deal with organisations involved in terrorism," and empowered the Australian government to list an organisation as a terrorist organisation, and inserted a range of terrorist organisation offences into the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth).

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Path of Blood

Path of Blood is a 2018 British documentary film directed by Jonathan Hacker and sourced from several hundred hours of Al Qaeda footage captured by Saudi Arabian security services.

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Paul Marshall Johnson Jr.

Paul Marshall Johnson Jr. (May 8, 1955 – c. June 18, 2004) was an American helicopter engineer who lived in Saudi Arabia.

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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT, PENTA, TEN, corpent, or penthrite (or—rarely and primarily in German—as nitropenta), is an explosive material.

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People linked to Anwar al-Awlaki

Anwar al-Awlaki, (also spelled Aulaqi) was an American-Yemeni cleric killed in late 2011, who was identified in 2009 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a known, important "senior recruiter for al Qaeda", and a spiritual motivator.

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Peter Cherif

Peter Cherif, also known as Abu Hamza, is a French Islamic militant who has been a member of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Political prisoners in Saudi Arabia

Dissidents have been detained as political prisoners in Saudi Arabia during the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

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Politics of Yemen

Politics of Yemen is in an uncertain state due to a 2014–15 coup d'état.

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Popular Committees (Yemen)

In Yemen, popular committees are armed groups formed by Yemeni tribes on behalf of more professional military forces.

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Popular Resistance (Yemen)

The Popular Resistance (المقاومة الشعبية), also known as "popular resistance committees", are armed groups that have been established in several Yemeni provinces during the Yemeni Civil War, after the Houthi takeover in Yemen.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

The presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as 44th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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Presidency of Donald Trump

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States at noon EST on January 20, 2017, succeeding Barack Obama.

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Qasim al-Raymi

Qasim al-Raymi (قاسم الريمي born 5 June 1978) is the current emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Qatar

Qatar (or; قطر; local vernacular pronunciation), officially the State of Qatar (دولة قطر), is a sovereign country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Qatar and state-sponsored terrorism

The Arab country of Qatar, bordered by Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, has been accused of allowing terror financiers to operate within its borders.

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Rabih Haddad

Rabih Haddad is the Executive Director of the Global Anti-Aggression Campaign (GAAC).

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Raid on Al Hathla

The raid on Al Hathlka raid refers to a military operation launched by the United States military, against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula forces in Ma'rib Governorate in Yemen.

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Raid on Yakla

The Raid on Yakla, or simply 2017 Yemen raid, was a United States-led Special Operations Forces operation carried out on January 29, 2017 in al-Ghayil, a village in the Yakla area of the Al Bayda province in central Yemen, during the Second Yemeni Civil War.

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Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi

Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi (1988 – October 18, 2009) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was named on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted terrorist suspects.

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Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden

On May 1, 2011, United States President Barack Obama confirmed that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed in his compound in Abbottabad, northeastern Pakistan.

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Religion in France

Religion in France can attribute its diversity to the country's adherence to Freedom of religion and freedom of thought, as guaranteed by the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

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Rob L. Wagner

Rob L. Wagner (روب واقنر) (born 1954) is an American journalist covering Middle East issues, particularly political and social topics in Saudi Arabia.

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Romulus, Michigan

Romulus is a suburban city of Metro Detroit, located in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Roshonara Choudhry

Roshonara Choudhry (রুশনারা চৌধুরী; born 1989) is a former British student and an Islamic extremist who stabbed British MP Stephen Timms on 14 May 2010 during his constituency surgery in an attempt to kill him.

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Saeed al-Ghamdi

Saeed Abdallah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi (سعيد الغامدي) (November 21, 1979 – September 11, 2001) was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

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Said Ali al-Shihri

Sa'id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri (21 September 1973 - 2013) was a Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and possibly involved in the kidnappings and murders of foreigners in Yemen.

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Saif al-Adel

Mohammed Salah al-Din Zaidan, known as Saif al-Adel (سيف العدل) (born 11 April 1960/63) is an Egyptian former military colonel, explosives expert, and a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda who is still at large.

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Salafi jihadism

Salafi jihadism or jihadist-Salafism is a transnational religious-political ideology based on a belief in "physical" jihadism and the Salafi movement of returning to what adherents believe to be true Sunni Islam.

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Salafi movement

The Salafi movement or Salafist movement or Salafism is a reform branch or revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that developed in Egypt in the late 19th century as a response to European imperialism.

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Saleh al-Oufi

Saleh al-Oufi or Saleh Muhammad 'Awadullah al-'Alawi al-'Oufi (صالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفي) (died 2005), was a member of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and became the leader of that group when Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin was killed in June 2004.

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Saleh Al-Qaraawi

Saleh Al-Qaraawi (in Arabic صالح القرعاوي) is a Saudi militant Jihadist.

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Salem Ali Qatan

General Salem Ali Qatan (died June 18, 2012) was a Yemeni military officer.

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Samir Khan

Samir ibn Zafar Khan (December 25, 1985 – September 30, 2011) was the Pakistani American editor and publisher of Inspire magazine, an English-language online magazine reported to be published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi

Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi (1971 – April 3, 2005) was a senior member of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

No description.

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Saudi arrests of suspected terrorists in March 2010

Security officials announced over one hundred individuals were apperhended in a series of Saudi arrests of suspected terrorists in March 2010.

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Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists

Periodically Saudi Arabias Ministry of Interior publishes a most wanted list.

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Saudi–Yemen barrier

The Saudi–Yemen barrier (الجدار السعودي اليمني) is a physical barrier constructed by Saudi Arabia along part of its border with Yemen.

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Secret Intelligence Service

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the foreign intelligence service of the government of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence (HUMINT) in support of the UK's national security.

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Security Belt

The Security Belt (Arabic: الحزام الأمني), also known as the al-Hizam Brigade, is a militia based in Southern Yemen.

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Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)

The Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015) was a campaign for control of the Shabwah Governorate of Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and militiamen and Yemen Army units loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on the other side.

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Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)

Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present) refers to an ongoing campaign by AQAP to take control of Shabwah Governorate, during their insurgency, and until today, at Yemeni civil war.

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Shabwani Elite

The Shabwani Elite (النخبة الشبوانية; An-Nukhba al-Shabwaniyya) are a military unit operating in the Shabwah Governorate of Yemen, mainly against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Shootout

A shootout, also called a firefight or gunfight, is a gun battle between armed groups.

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Shuhour Abdullah Mukbil al-Sabri

Shuhour Abdullah Mukbil al-Sabri (Arabic), (born in 1976 in Saudi Arabia, and identified as a Yemeni), became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts.

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Siege of Dammaj

The Siege of Dammaj started in October 2011 when the Houthis, a Zaidi Shia-led rebel group which control the Saada Governorate, accused Sunni Salafis loyal to the Yemeni government of smuggling weapons into their religious center in the town of Dammaj and demanded they hand over their weapons and military posts in the town.

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Simon Cumbers

Simon Cumbers (23 January 1968 – 6 June 2004), an Irish cameraman for the BBC News in the United Kingdom, was shot by a gunman in a terrorist attack and died while reporting in As-Suwaidi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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South Yemen insurgency

The South Yemen insurgency is a term used by the Yemeni government to describe the protests and attacks on government forces in southern Yemen, ongoing since 27 April 2009, on South Yemen's independence day.

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Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)

The Southern Abyan Offensive reference to the 2016 offensive that AQAP launched in late February, and ends with the victory of AQAP, as Yemeni tribal fighters loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, driven out of the Abyan Governorate.

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Southern Movement

The Southern Movement (al-Ḥirāk al-Janūbiyy), sometimes known as the Southern Separatist Movement, or South Yemen Movement, and colloquially known as al-Hirak, is a political movement and paramilitary organization active in the south of Yemen since 2007, demanding secession from the Republic of Yemen and a return to the former independent state of South Yemen.

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Southern Regional High School

Southern Regional High School is a regional comprehensive public high school located in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades and operating as part of the Southern Regional School District.

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Special Reconnaissance Regiment

The Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) is a special reconnaissance unit of the British Army.

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Specialized Criminal Court (Saudi Arabia)

The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) (المحكمة الجزائية المتخصصة) is a non-Sharia court created in Saudi Arabia in 2008 that tries suspected terrorists and human rights activists.

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Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

The spillover of the Syrian Civil War is the impact of the Syrian Civil War in the Arab world.

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Stephen Timms

Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham since 1997.

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Suicide attack

A suicide attack is any violent attack in which the attacker expects their own death as a direct result of the method used to harm, damage or destroy the target.

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Surgically implanted explosive device

A surgically implanted improvised explosive device (SIIED) is an explosive device hidden inside the body of a person in order to commit a suicide attack.

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T-54/T-55 operators and variants

The T-54/T-55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and has seen service in over 50 countries.

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Tahrir al-Sham

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (transliteration:, "Organization for the Liberation of the Levant" or "Levant Liberation Committee"), commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham and abbreviated HTS, also known as al-Qaeda in Syria, is an active Salafist jihadist militant group involved in the Syrian Civil War.

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Tahrir Square, Sana'a

Al-Tahrir Square, also Al-Tahreer Square or Tahreer Square is a square in central Sana'a, Yemen.

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Taiz offensives (2015–present)

Taiz offensives refer to planned and executed military confrontations between opposing Yemeni forces in the city of Taiz for control of the city and surrounding area.

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev (October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013)Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев; Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан Carnayev Anzor-khant Tamerlan was a Russian-Kyrgyz terrorist of Chechen descent who, with his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.

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Tariq al-Dahab

Tariq al-Dahab, was the AQAP Emir in the Rada'a District.

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Tawakkol Karman

Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان Tawakkul ‘Abd us-Salām Karmān; also Romanized Tawakul, Tawakel) (born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist.

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Terrorism in France

Terrorism in France, refers to the terrorist attacks that have targeted the country and its population during the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Terrorism in Saudi Arabia

Terrorism in Saudi Arabia has formerly been attributed to Islamic extremists.

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Terrorism in the United States

In the United States a common definition of terrorism is the systematic or threatened use of violence in order to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political, religious, or ideological change.

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Terrorism in Yemen

In its war on terrorism in Yemen, the US government describes Yemen as "an important partner in the global war on terrorism".

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The McClatchy Company

The McClatchy Company is a publicly traded American publishing company based in Sacramento, California.

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Timeline of al-Qaeda attacks

The following is a list of attacks which have been carried out by Al-Qaeda.

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Timeline of ISIL-related events (2014)

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Timeline of the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests (from July 2012)

The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests since July 2012.

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Timeline of the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack

The timeline below details the ongoing investigation into the September 11, 2012 attack upon the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in Libya.

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Timeline of the Trump presidency, 2017 Q1

The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2017.

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Timeline of the War on Terror

The War on Terror is the campaign launched by the United States of America in response to the September 11 attacks against organizations designated with terrorism.

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Timeline of the Yemeni Revolution (23 September – December 2011)

The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution from 23 September through December 2011.

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Timeline of the Yemeni Revolution (3 June – 22 September 2011)

The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution from 3 June through 22 September 2011.

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Timeline of the Yemeni Revolution (January – 2 June 2011)

The following is a timeline of the 2011 Yemeni revolution from January to 2 June 2011.

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Timeline of the Yemeni Revolution (January – 27 February 2012)

The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution from January to 27 February 2012.

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Timeline of United States military operations

This timeline of United States government military operations is based on the Committee on International Relations (now known as the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs).

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Timeline of Yemeni history

This is a timeline of Yemeni history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Yemen and its predecessor states.

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Turki al-Binali

Turki Mubarak Abdullah Ahmad al-Binali (3 September 1984 – 31 May 2017) was a Bahraini Islamic scholar and senior member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri

Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born December 22, 1986) popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber", is a Nigerian man who, at the age of 23, confessed to and was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day, 2009.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2014

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2014 was unanimously adopted on 21 October, 2011.

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United States involvement in regime change

United States involvement in regime change has entailed both overt and covert actions aimed at altering, replacing, or preserving foreign governments.

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United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel

On December 6, 2017, US President Donald Trump announced the United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,Proclamation 9683 of December 6, 2017, and ordered the planning of the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

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United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

"Foreign Terrorist Organization" (FTO) is a designation for non-United States-based organizations deemed by the United States Secretary of State, in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA), to be involved in what US authorities define as terrorist activities.

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Unmanned combat aerial vehicle

An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone or simply a drone, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that usually carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles and is used for drone strikes.

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Usayd al-Adani

Usayd al-Adani was a senior leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Vehicle-ramming attack

A vehicle-ramming attack is a form of mass murder in which a perpetrator deliberately rams a motor vehicle into a building, crowd of people, or another vehicle.

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War on Terror

The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001.

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WWE Greatest Royal Rumble

Greatest Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event promoted by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands.

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Yemen

Yemen (al-Yaman), officially known as the Republic of Yemen (al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah), is an Arab sovereign state in Western Asia at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Yemen model

The Yemen Model has been the rubric for the Obama Administration's attempts to neutralize foreign terrorist groups hostile to the United States.

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Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions, each claiming to constitute the Yemeni government, along with their supporters and allies.

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Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)

The Yemeni Crisis began with the 2011–12 revolution against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had led Yemen for more than two decades.

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Yemeni presidential election, 2012

Presidential elections were held in Yemen on 21 February 2012.

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Yemeni Revolution

The Yemeni Revolution, initially named the Yemeni uprising (intifada), and also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and other Arab Spring protests in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari

The Moroccan Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari (1969–2005) was #1 on Saudi Arabia's list, Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States, 28 June 2005, subject to updates of 36 "most wanted terrorist suspects" published on 28 June 2005.

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Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari

Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari is a citizen of Morocco who was reported killed in a shootout with Saudi Arabian security officials on July 3, 2005.

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Yusef al-Ayeri

Yusuf al-Ayeri or Yusuf bin Salih bin Fahd al-Ayeri (1973 – 2003; known by a number of aliases, including al-Battar—the Arabic name of one of the swords of Muhammad—conventionally rendered "Swift Sword" in English) was a Saudi Arabian member of Al-Qaeda, and the first-ever leader of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

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Zaidiyyah

Zaidiyyah or Zaidism (الزيدية az-zaydiyya, adjective form Zaidi or Zaydi) is one of the Shia sects closest in terms of theology to Hanafi Sunni Islam.

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2004 Khobar massacre

On 29 May 2004, a Saturday, four men armed with guns and bombs attacked two oil industry installations and a residential compound, in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia—the hub of the Saudi oil industry.

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2008–09 Oslo riots

On 29 December 2008, violent riots first broke out in Oslo, Norway amid protests against the Gaza War, starting outside the Israeli embassy.

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2010 Times Square car bombing attempt

On May 5, 2010, a terrorist attack was attempted in Times Square in Manhattan, New York.

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2010 Transatlantic aircraft bomb plot

On October 29, 2010, two packages, each containing a bomb consisting of of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism, were found on separate cargo planes.

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2011 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2011.

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2011 in the United States

Events in the year 2011 in the United States.

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2012 Abyan offensive

The 2012 Abyan offensive was an offensive by the Yemeni military against Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in the province of Abyan with the purpose of re-capturing the militant-held towns of Zinjibar and Jaʿār.

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2012 Benghazi attack

The 2012 Benghazi attack was a coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia.

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2012 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2012.

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2012 in Yemen

The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Yemen.

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2012 Sana'a bombing

The 2012 Sana'a bombing was a suicide attack on 21 May 2012, against Yemeni Army soldiers practicing for the annual Unity Day military parade in Sana'a, Yemen.

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2013 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2013.

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2013 Sana'a attack

The 2013 Sana'a attack occurred on 5 December 2013 when a series of bomb and gun attacks killed at least 56 people and wounded 162 at the Yemeni Defense Ministry in Sana'a, Yemen.

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2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen

The 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen were missions to rescue hostages held by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen.

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2014 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2014.

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2014 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2014 in the United Kingdom.

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2014 in Yemen

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Yemen.

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2015

2015 was designated as.

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2015 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2015.

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2015 San Bernardino attack

On December 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 others were seriously injured in a terrorist attack consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.

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2015 Sana'a mosque bombings

The 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings were four suicide attacks on 20 March 2015 in Sana'a, Yemen.

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2016 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2016.

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2016 in Yemen

The following lists events that will happen in 2016 in Yemen.

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2016 New York and New Jersey bombings

On September 17–19, 2016, three bombs exploded and several unexploded ones were found in the New York metropolitan area.

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2017 electronics ban

The 2017 electronics ban refers to a controversial order issued by the United States government in March 2017 banning electronics beyond the size of a mobile phone on carry-on luggage for direct flights departing from 10 major airports in the Middle East and traveling to the United States, and requiring airlines to enforce this ban.

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2017 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2017.

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9K32 Strela-2

The 9K32 Strela-2 (Cтрела, "arrow"; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system (MANPADS) with a high explosive warhead and passive infrared homing guidance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula

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