The Houthi militia in Yemen has confirmed the death of one of its prominent militant leaders, ... east of the cap. What’s happening in Yemen? Al-Rimi was a candidate for succeeding AQ leader Zawahiri. Leaders Oct 3rd 2020 edition. A White House statement said al-Rimi was killed in Yemen but did not say when. The White House said Thursday that the U.S. has killed Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A flurry of American drone strikes in Yemen in recent years has now killed two successive leaders of the group as well as Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the affiliate’s notorious bomb maker. The US Treasury bolstered its efforts to punish Kadyrov for human rights violations after placing him and his family on sanctions lists in December 2017 and July 2020. AQAP revealed it had appointed Batarfi, believed to be in his early 40s, as its leader in February 2020 following the death of his predecessor Qassim al-Rimi in a US air raid in Yemen. T HE WAR in Yemen seems to play on an endless loop. AQAP revealed it had appointed Batarfi, believed to be in his early 40s, as its leader in February 2020 following the death of his predecessor Qassim al-Rimi in a US air strike in Yemen. Another airstrike was on 27 January, which killed Abdullah Al-Adani. I was working in Yemen in 2018, when famine warnings were last sounded. Alex Emmons January 10 2020, 10:57 p.m. — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 30, 2020. The Labour leader said there was widespread outrage at the decision to cut the aid. OCHA said it was very difficult to bring aid into Yemen, citing an extremely restricted operating environment and a huge funding shortfall that had crippled the humanitarian response. 22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); notable earlier dates: North Yemen became independent on 1 November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic with the overthrow of the … Batarfi, who was designated a global terrorist by the US State Department in 2018, has appeared in numerous AQAP videos over recent years, according to SITE, and appeared to have been Rimi's deputy and … The UK has announced it will give Yemen only about £87m in aid this year, down from £164m in 2020. Prior to 9/11, al-Rimi spent time in an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and later returned to Yemen where he was sentenced to five years in prison for plotting to kill the American ambassador. ISIS leader in Yemen captured in special forces raid. The Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, Khalid Batarfi, has reportedly been under arrest in Yemen since October 2020, a new UN report published on Wednesday reveals. The operation targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, commander of the Yemen division of Iran’s elite Quds Force, near the Yemeni capital Sana’a. UNICEF’s humanitarian appeal for Yemen for 2020, requiring $535 million, has received just $237 million – a funding gap of almost $300 million. Feb 7, 2020 An American operation killed al-Qaeda’s top leader in Yemen last week, President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday night. Boris Johnson says Keir Starmer ‘could have asked questions about’ UK when Labour leader raises Yemen aid cut. Cumulative AQAP revealed it had appointed Batarfi, believed to be in his early 40s, as its leader in February 2020 following the death of his predecessor Qassim al-Rimi in a US airstrike in Yemen. On January 29, 2020, the emir of AQAP, Qasim al-Raymi, was killed by an airstrike while traveling in a car with another senior AQAP leader, Abu Al-Baraa Al-Ibby, in the Yakla area of Wald Rabi' District, Al Bayda Governorate. AL-MUKALLA: The leader of the Baha’i religious minority in Yemen has accused the Iran-backed Houthis of systematic repression against his group since seizing power in late 2014. Oct 3rd 2020. Yemen leader rejects UN peace deal, denounces Houthi demands The Security Council Resolution 2216 recognizes the Hadi-led government’s authority over Yemen Updated 13 October 2020 Qasim al-Raymi had been targeted in a botched US Navy SEAL raid in 2017, just days after Trump took office, that led to the death of the first American service member in combat under the new administration. The extremist group thrived in the chaos of years of civil war between Yemen's Saudi-backed government and Houthi rebels. By Lara Seligman, Robbie Gramer | February 3, 2020… Beyond the Headlines: Stories from 2020 of Covid-19 and beyond. But world leaders can still avert that catastrophe. The Houthi militia in Yemen has confirmed the ... 15 June 2020 KSA 03:09 - … That time, the international community stepped up: aid funding was released, the economy was stabilised and food prices were eased with an injection of cash.