War On Terror

A Yemeni court on Monday sentenced to death Al-Qaeda bombmaking expert Saleh al-Shawsh.

Yemeni warplanes bombed al Qaeda targets in southern Yemen on Sunday.

Yemeni security forces have captured a man suspected of financing al-Qaeda in Yemen, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

A Yemeni security official announced on Tuesday security forces thwarted a plan by al-Qaeda which was targeting Yemeni and foreign personalities, including military officials in a number of provinces.

Saudi interior minister said the kingdom's security forces had foiled almost 240 planned terror attacks in recent years, with only 10 actually being carried out, local press reported on Monday.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Sunday he is determined to fight al-Qaeda.

The American embassy in Jordan warned its citizens on Wednesday against travelling to the port city of Aqaba, citing an "imminent" threat.

An Algerian security official on Wednesday said a suicide bombing attack on a military convoy in the north of the country killed at least four people and injured 20.

Security sources said that the Algerian army killed 10 gunmen suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Eight Yemeni trooops and a civilian were killed on Saturday in an attack by Al-Qaeda gunmen on an army post in the southern province of Abyan

Al-Qaeda fighters were fleeing the embattled city of Loder in southern Yemen following clashes with government forces in which dozens have died.

Morocco has recently broken up a "terrorist" cell which included 18 members.

Egyptian authorities have arrested three people suspected of planning to carry out "terrorist" attacks in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Al Qaeda elements claimed Tuesday that a suicide bomber blew himself up near a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, the US monitoring group SITE said.

Jordanian authorities continue to believe that militants in Egypt are responsible.