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A suicide bomber killed more than 20 people in an attack that targeted police cadets outside of a training center in Sana’a. The Yemeni military killed a senior Southern Movement leader in Aden.

Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters who escaped from a prison in Hudiayah were recaptured in Dhale. Soldiers freed a brigade commander who failed to pay his troops.

Security forces killed four protesters at a secessionist rally in Aden. The military said more than 40 al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula fighters are en route to Aden to free fellow fighters from a jail.

Security officials said they seized documents from al Qaeda operatives on plans to establish Islamic emirates in Lahj and Sayoon. Sheikh Abdul Majeed al Zindani denied US claims that he is tied to al Qaeda.

The Yemeni military said it killed and wounded more than 20 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in airstrikes in Shabwa province. Three soldiers and two civilians were killed in an IED attack in Lahj.

US drones killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Shabwa. The military said it captured four Egyptians, two Jordanians, a Somali, a Tunisian, and a Dagestani during raids against AQAP. An intelligence officer was killed in a bombing in Sana’a.

Security forces detained three suicide bombers in Sana’a. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a video of a captured Saudi diplomat. Saudi Arabia is reopening its embassy in Sana’a.

Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader and detained nine more in Dhale province. The government said that 13 AQAP plots to attack embassies in Sana’a were foiled. Seven soldiers were poisoned at a checkpoint in Sana’a.

Yemeni soldiers near Sana’a kidnapped a brigade commander after not being paid for three months. Security forces detained members of an al Qaeda cell responsible for the May 21 suicide attack in Sana’a that killed more than 100 soldiers. Security officials said that some AQAP fighters have fled to Oman.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has established a new base in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province. Yemen’s foreign minister admitted that the US is conducting drone strikes against AQAP.

US drones killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and two fighters in a strike in Aden. Five AQAP fighters escaped from a prison in Hodeidah.

The Yemen Executive Mine Action Center said that 25 people, including three engineers, have been killed in land mines that have been planted in Abyan province by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Engineering teams have blown up more than 2,400 bombs and shells left by AQAP.

Two Yemeni soldiers and three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Marib province. The AQAP fighters were attempting to destroy a power line.

The Yemeni military said it has regained full control of the city of Azzan in Shabwa province from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The terror group seized control of Azzan one year ago.

Security forces captured Sami Dayyan, a local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader, and two fighters as they traveled from Aden to Lahj. Dayyan is believed to be involved in the assassination of the south’s top military commander.

A Red Cross worker was killed yesterday in Abyan province. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed credit for the suicide attack in Aden that killed the south’s top military commander. The US is giving an additional $52 million in aid to Yemen.