Yemen

Saudi forces freed two German girls, ages three and six, who have been held captive for more than a year by a group thought to be linked to al Qaeda. The two girls were being held along the Saudi-Yemeni border. A Yemeni court sentenced six Somali pirates to death.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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