Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 12/17/2001
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of December 17, 2001
- Saleh, Musharref hold talks on returning Yemeni citizens who were in Afghanistan Yemen-Pakistan, Politics, 12/20/2001
- Yemen still chases al-Qaeda forces
An official at the Yemeni ministry of the Interior said on Wednesday that the police and army forces supported by helicopter are still chasing presumed members of al-Qaeda organization in Yemen. Yemen, Local, 12/20/2001 - US pressures Yemen to further confrontation of al-Qaeda organization
Washington on Tuesday admitted it had practiced pressure on Yemen in order to increase its confrontation to members of the presumed al- Qaeda members in Yemen. Yemen-USA, Politics, 12/20/2001 - Clashes and killing in Yemen
Some 12 persons were killed in clashes that took place between special units of the Yemeni army and police and tribal men in a village to which persons suspected to belong to al-Qaeda organization had resorted. Yemen, Local, 12/19/2001 - Yemen received guarantees that it is not targeted
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah saleh has stressed he has got guarantees during his visit to Washington that Yemen is not targeted in the terrorism fighting campaign. Yemen-USA, Politics, 12/17/2001