Yemen Civil War News Updates -- January 27, 2010

U.S. Military Teams, Intelligence Deeply Involved In Aiding Yemen On Strikes -- Washington Post

U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate, according to senior administration officials.

The operations, approved by President Obama and begun six weeks ago, involve several dozen troops from the U.S. military's clandestine Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), whose main mission is tracking and killing suspected terrorists. The American advisers do not take part in raids in Yemen, but help plan missions, develop tactics and provide weapons and munitions. Highly sensitive intelligence is being shared with the Yemeni forces, including electronic and video surveillance, as well as three-dimensional terrain maps and detailed analysis of the al-Qaeda network.

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More News On Yemen

Report: US Involved in Secret Operations in Yemen -- Voice of America
Obama approved secret operations in Yemen - report -- Reuters
Obama Approved Secret Operations in Yemen to Eliminate al Queda Leaders -- US Politics Daily
US military involved in Yemen operations: report -- AFP
Report: U.S. involved in Yemen operations -- UPI
JSOC in Yemen -- Politico

Britain Hosts Meeting on Yemen With Underlying Focus on Terrorism -- Voice of America
Nations Meet to Discuss Yemen -- Wall Street Journal
World powers to boost Yemen to better fight terror -- Washington Post
Global Summit on Yemen to Begin -- BBC News
U.S. to Join Talks on Helping Yemen -- New York Times
FACTBOX-London meeting to raise Yemen's hopes -- Reuters

Saudi-Houthi border fighting ends -- Al Jazeera
Saudi troops 'forced Yemen rebels from their soil' -- BBC
Yemen Shiite rebels chased out of Saudi: minister -- AFP
Saudi says achieved victory over Yemen rebels -- Reuters

U.S. military actions in Yemen praised, scorned -- Washington Post
Yemen's Terror Threat -- Joshua Schoen, FOX News