Yemen

A court in Hadramaut province sentenced eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives to jail terms of between four to seven years for sheltering al Qaeda fighters from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. A court in Sana’a upheld the sentences of seven al Qaeda operatives, but reduced some of the jail terms.

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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