Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), traditionally centered around the southwest of Yemen, has today captured a major army base in Mukalla, along the country’s southeast coast, securing them a large weapons stockpile and a foothold in that region.
AQAP began attacking Mukalla yesterday, with an eye on a major prison break, in which they freed over 300 prisoners. Since then, they’ve apparently decided to take the city and the base as well.
AQAP now holds much of the city, while what remains of the military force had fled to the airport, apparently hoping for evacuation. In the comparatively desolate southeast, control over this one city could mean control of the entire region.
AQAP had been struggling to hold its own with the Shi’ite Houthis, though with Saudi Arabia declaring war on the later, AQAP appears to be taking advantage and expanding its own territory substantially.
The US is consistently supporting ISIS. Here's another example.
Now matters are decisively getting underway, the Saudi "invasion" is having its cascading results.
Surprise surprise. More weapons for our friends!
Al-Queada and ISIS so as all other jihadists in Africa, europ, U.S, and Middle East are the creation of Saudi when Bush regime invaded Afghanistan and when Bill Clinton and Madeline Albright orchestrated the division of Yugoslavia. Although, what is said to be the world powers, knows where when and why these imbecile and barbarians are feed from but they still in denial and still supporting the very source of these terrorists, namely, Saudi, GCC, the Swedish king, the British kingdome and etc.
We been saying it for years exposing the ideas behind Bush neo fascism regime, the English and other neo liberalism in bed with neo fascism in Europe where the main idea for all the atrocities committed is to kill the democracy and rights of people in middle east by using barbarism and expending Saudi religious feudalist system into Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon and etc. meanwhile the palestinians rights are ignored and more of english and us weapon productions are sold to saudis and GCC the state sponserd terrorism. Look: you fly emirats, you fly etihad, you fly the turkish or el al you pay for tgese regimes to create more of their terrorism.
all according to plan, yet i see alt websites that think this is an unintended consequence of the Saudi/Gulf/US attack on the country!
Good job Saudis! We'll be laughing when your illegitimate child turns on you and takes care of anyone in your sheikdom who helped creating the Frankestein!