Yemen

Eleven soldiers, five al Qaeda fighters, and three civilians were killed during clashes in the city of Loder in Abyan province over the past two days. Ali Hussain, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who rejoined al Qaeda, surrendered to authorities.

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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