Yemen

Fifteen al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters surrendered to the governor of Abyan. The government claimed the Awalik mountain range is free of AQAP influence. A Yemen journalist is on trial for links to AQAP cleric Anwar al Awlaki.

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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