Yemen

“Islamic militants” killed a colonel and two soldiers in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Three “Islamic extremists” were killed in airstrikes in Jaar, also in Abyan. More than 40,000 have fled the fighting in Abyab.

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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