Yemen

Security forces detained a suspected al Qaeda operative in Sa’ana. An al Qaeda fighter on trial claimed Yemen’s intelligence service arranged for him to join the terror group. Yemen’s tourist industry has lost more than $10 billion over the past 10 years due to kidnappings and terror threats.

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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