"القاعدة تتبنى هجوم صنعاء وتأهب للجيش الأميركي" [Dozens killed, renewed clashes at Yemen's Defense Ministry]. Al Jazeera Arabic (in Arabic). 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-08. [However, intermittent clashes continued inside the complex, which security sources attributed to a small number of gunmen fortifying themselves inside the complex's mosque.]
"انتقادات لبث صور هجوم صنعاء" [Criticism of broadcasting images of Sanaa attack]. Al Jazeera Arabic (in Arabic). 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2024-12-08. [He told Al Jazeera Net that one of the goals that the state sought to clarify through this media work was to show that the attack targeted a civilian facility frequented by all people and not a military barracks, as well as to win public opinion against Al Qaeda and terrorist acts, and to inform public opinion of the dangers facing it.]
"اعتقال متورطين بهجوم صنعاء والقاعدة تتبنى" [Arrest of those involved in the Sanaa attack, and Al-Qaeda claims responsibility]. Al Jazeera Arabic (in Arabic). 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2024-12-08. [...Yemeni authorities arrested four people who carried out the attack that targeted the Ministry of Defense complex in Sanaa yesterday... Security officials estimated the number of militants who carried out the operation at between 16 and 25]
"أغلب منفذي هجوم صنعاء سعوديون" [Most of the perpetrators of the Sanaa attack were Saudis.]. Al Jazeera Arabic (in Arabic). 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-10. [Relatives of many of the victims who fell in the attack received the bodies of their loved ones on Friday in preparation for burial]
"صنعاء تتلقى تهديدات باحتمال هجمات للقاعدة" [Sana'a receives threats of possible Al-Qaeda attacks]. Al Jazeera Arabic (in Arabic). 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-10. [Meanwhile, a Yemeni judicial source announced the referral of 3 Saudis from Al-Qaeda to trial on charges of illegally infiltrating the country. The Yemeni Ministry of Defense website quoted the source as saying, "The Saudi defendants entered Yemen secretly to join an armed gang affiliated with Al-Qaeda." The source explained that the Yemeni authorities were able to arrest the Saudi "terrorists" in the city of Amran after they infiltrated through the Al-Buqa border crossing with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.]
