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| Yemen officials say Al-Qaeda has seized key areas of Aden |
| 2015-08-23 |
| [ARABNEWS] High-ranking officials in Yemen's port city of Aden say Al-Qaeda snuffies have taken control of key areas of the city. They said Saturday the fighters have seized the Tawahi district entirely and were patrolling the streets. The area is home to a presidential palace and a port. The officials, who hail from the military, security forces and police, spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to journalists. Al-Qaeda's Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... branch is considered by Washington to be the most dangerous offshoot of the terror network. Yemen's conflict pits the Iran-allied Houthis and troops loyal to the former president, President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , against an array of forces including southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic snuffies as well as troops loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. |
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