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FACTBOX-Security developments in Yemen

Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:26pm GMT
Jan 10 (Reuters) - Yemen is trying to quell a resurgent wing of al Qaeda that has increased attacks on Western and regional targets in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state, a neighbour of oil giant Saudi Arabia.
Yemen is also trying to cement a truce with Shi'ite rebels to end a civil war in the north, and to end a separatist rebellion in the south.
Following are security developments in Yemen in the past month (* denotes new or updated item):
* ADEN, Jan 10 - One soldier is killed and two wounded in a shootout with suspected separatist militants in southern Lahj province, a local official says, adding that one of militants is also injured.
JAAR, Jan 9 - Masked gunmen on motorcycles attack an electricity office in south Yemen, killing three workers and wounding four, a local government official says. He blames al Qaeda for the assault.
ADEN, Jan 8 - Armed militants kill four Yemeni soldiers in an attack on a southern checkpoint.
ADEN, Jan 7 - Suspected al Qaeda militants ambush a military convoy in south Yemen, killing 12 soldiers and wounding three.
ADEN, Jan 1 - Authorities release southern opposition leader Hassan Baom on instructions from President Ali Abdullah Saleh, an official tells Reuters. Baom had been detained in November, months after being freed following a presidential amnesty.
SANAA, Dec 30 - Yemen is to release 400 Shi'ite rebels as part of a Qatar-mediated peace deal, a security official says.
SANAA, Dec 25 - Yemen says it will set up special forces in four of its restless provinces to fight al Qaeda, a day after Washington said a top U.S. counterterrorism official had pressed Sanaa to step up its efforts against the militant group.
HABILAYN, Dec 19 - Government troops seal off the southern town of al-Habilayn in the hunt for those behind an attack that killed three soldiers and an officer, a local official says.
ADEN, Dec 19 - Armed militants seize a Yemeni soldier in a southern town to press for the release of three detained men, the head of an opposition group tells Reuters. SANAA, Dec 17 - Police say they prevented a man from bombing a U.S. embassy car in Sanaa, and were investigating whether the Jordanian suspect had ties to al Qaeda.
ZINJIBAR, Dec 17 - Two soldiers are killed and two more are wounded in clashes with suspected al Qaeda militants early Friday morning, a local security official says.
HABILAYN, Dec 16 - Three soldiers, an army officer, and a unidentified gunman are killed in gun battle in a market in the southern province of Lahj, a local security official says.
LAWDAR, Dec 15 - One solider is killed and three wounded in a gun battle with suspected al Qaeda militants in Abyan.
ZINJIBAR, Dec 13 - Head of political security in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan is lightly wounded in a roadside bombing targeting his car, according to a local official, who says al Qaeda is likely behind the attack.
ADEN, Dec 13 - Five soldiers and one army officer who were kidnapped in a secessionist hotspot in south Yemen at the weekend were released.
SANAA, Dec 11 - About 10 people are killed in fighting between northern Shi'ite rebels and pro-government tribesmen. A rebel spokesman declines to confirm the toll.
ADEN, Dec 11 - A court sentences a man to death for a bombing which killed four people at a sports club in Aden in October, sparking days of demonstrations.
LAHJ, Dec 11 - Unidentified gunmen kidnap two soldiers in the southern province of Lahj, local officials say.
ADEN, Dec 11 - A court in the southern province of Hadramout sentences 12 people to up to seven years in jail for links to al Qaeda, state media report. (Reporting by Mohammed Mokhashaf in Aden, and Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Sudam in Sanaa; Compiled by Gulf bureau)
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