Yemen

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters took control of the coastal city of Sharqa in Abyan province. The Houthis accused the US of carrying out a car bombing that killed two people in Al Jawf.

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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