Al-Qaida Seizes Provincial Airport in Southeast Yemen
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Al-Qaida militants in Yemen on Thursday seized control of an airport in the southeastern provincial capital of Mukalla, an airport official told AFP.
"The military unit in charge of security at the facility withdrew without resisting" Al-Qaida fighters, the official said.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the jihadist network's powerful Yemeni branch, took advantage of the country's growing chaos earlier this month to seize control of Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province.
Also on Thursday, Yemeni tribal forces took control of a major oil terminal in the country's southeast after soldiers protecting the site withdrew, a military source said.
The terminal, in the city of Al-Shihr in Hadramawt province, "fell under the complete control of tribal fighters after the military unit guarding it withdrew in the afternoon without resistance," the source told AFP.
Various groups, including tribal forces and Al-Qaida militants, have taken over parts of Yemen amid chaos as Iran-backed rebels battle pro-government forces for control of the country.
16 April 2015, 19:37
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The shia never fight ISIS or Al Qaeda. They only fight the real moderate rebels. In Yemen, they are killing everybody except Al Qaeda.
16 April 2015, 20:10
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First it is completely untrue, and second you reek of sectarianism. "The shia"? why should it be a "shia" thing? Fighting these mass murdering fanatics should be the duty of all, not just one community or the other. And why don't you say a word about the Sauds? Al Qaeda originated in KSA, their ideology comes from wahhabism, as doe their funding.
If any country should have a special responsibility to fight them it is KSA.
16 April 2015, 20:48
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While the Wahabis put everything they have on the Ansarallah, their minions quickly takes over the eastern country side.
Saudis likes to keep the only real fighting force against Al Qaeda, at bay. So the Qaeda can spawn in the areas not yet liberated.
16 April 2015, 21:37
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you speak of "truth":))?
you'd not recognize truth if it went between your eyes and exited the back of your head with a colorful flurry of unused brains.
