Libya’s UN-backed prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj called on Monday for a referendum on a draft constitution approved over the weekend following years of wrangling in the war-torn country. Libya had no constitution throughout the four-decade dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi, who was overthrown and killed in a NATO-backed 2011 uprising. Libyans elected a 60-member panel in … Read more
A drone strike likely to have been carried out by the United States killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a security official said on Sunday. The attack took place on Saturday night in Wadhie, a region in the southern province of Abyan, the official said. One of the suspects was identified as Ibrahim … Read more
Up to a dozen civilians died during a controversial January raid against Al Qaeda in Yemen, but an investigation did not uncover “bad judgment” during the operation, the head of US forces in the Middle East said. Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Joe Votel said “somewhere between four and 12 casualties” resulted … Read more
A US drone strike killed two suspected members of Al-Qaeda in southern Yemen on Saturday, a security official said, as Washington steps up a campaign against jihadists. The raid came after two days of intensive air strikes by US warplanes on jihadists in the war-torn country. The raid in Ahwar, in the southern province of … Read more
US fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda targets in Yemen for a second straight day on Friday, security and tribal sources said, as Washington steps up its air war against the jihadists. The Pentagon said it had carried out more than 20 strikes on Thursday targeting Al-Qaeda positions in the southern provinces of Shabwa and Abyan and … Read more