Al-Qaeda’s air war in Yemen

Yemen’s president Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and the commander of the country’s Air Force, Brigadier Rashid Al-Janad, have responded to recent crashes of military aircraft in Yemen by saying that “bad people” were behind the incidents, as well as the assassination of Yemeni pilots. Three military airplanes crashed in and around Sana’a over the last few months, the last of which came down in the south of the city last week, killing the pilot. According to reliable sources at a nearby...

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Houthis take control of several Salafi mosques

Sana'a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Armed confrontations erupted in the eastern and northern regions of Yemen, as Houthi militias took control of a number of mosques in the city of Sa'dah. According to a local source who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, Houthi members have surrounded a number of mosques in the city of Sa’dah in northern Yemen as part of their efforts to gain control over Salafi places of worship. "The Houthis are preparing for a new phase in Sa'dah, which i...

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