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| Al Qaeda still Reaping Oil Profits in Yemen |
| 2016-05-27 |
| [Asharq Al-Awsat] Continuous battles in Yemen have managed to clear out Al Qaeda militants from the enclave it carved out in the country as it descended into ferocious civil war; however, the militants are still entrenched in other parts of the country’s south, reaping profits from smuggled fuel. The offensive backed by Gulf Arab states on Al Qaeda’s de facto capital of Mukalla, Yemen’s third largest seaport, left scores of militants killed, but hundreds fled to neighboring Shabwa province and beyond. A month later, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is thriving by joining diverse armed groups in taxing fuel delivered illicitly to remote beaches along the Arabian Sea coast, security, tribal and shipping sources say. |
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