Yemen

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and local tribes killed 20 security personnel in attacks and ambushes in Marib, Abyan, and Lahj. A Salafist cleric said it would be bad for Islam for a new government to support the fight against AQAP.

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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