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March 28, 2011 | Attack on weapons factory in Yemen

On this day in 2011 a series of huge explosions at an ammunition plant in southern Yemen killed at least 150 people and wounded 45.

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March 18, 2009 | Suicide bombing at UNESCO World Heritage site of Shibam in Yemen

On this day in 2009, four South Korean tourists were killed by a powerful bomb at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Shibam in Yemen.

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March 4, 2010 | Islamist extremist attack on Catholics in Yemen

On this day in 2016 four suspected ISIS members murdered 16 people, including four nuns at the offices of the Sisters of Mother Teresa in Aden, Yemen.

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Today in Terrorism: December 5, 2013 – Yemen car bomb attack

The conflict in Yemen is complicated: war and terrorism are killing thousands and no one seems to care.

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What is the US doing in Yemen?

If there is one thing we know about terrorism it is that what we do – or what we don’t do – has a real chance of effecting what terrorist groups do.  For terrorist groups are really good at telling the world why they use violence and usually place the blame for their carnage on […]

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The Week in Terrorism: March 18-24, 2024

A very lethal week in terrorism, with the ISK attack in Moscow dominating the news. All deaths this week were at the hands of jihadis (RWE: 0)

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The Week in Terrorism: March 4-10, 2024

Another week of Islamist attacks in Africa, the Middle East and Asia and, you guessed it, not a single RWE attack – again

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The Week in Terrorism: February 26-March 3, 2024

A slow week in terrorism with only six attacks and few mass casualty ones. Again, not a single far right attack anywhere, a trend that is continuing.

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The Week in Terrorism: February 19-25, 2024

More than 70 people killed in terrorist attacks this week, the vast majority at the hands of jihadis: again not one single right wing attack anywhere

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The week in terrorism: January 15-21, 2024

War in Gaza continues to foment terrorism in the Middle East while Al Shabaab reminds us that it will attack nations which participate in counter terrorism ops abroad