US military has been helping a Saudi led coalition, via logistics/intelligence/air support, battle Al Qaeda in Yemen for the past 2 years. Kinda like we were doing in Libya with the Brits & French a few year ago. – PB/TK
U.S. Military Deepens Yemen Role With Escalating Strikes Against Al-Qaeda Affiliate – by Nafeesa Syeed
The U.S. military is deepening its involvement in Yemen, with escalating counterterrorism strikes targeting an al-Qaeda affiliate that’s gained ground in the chaos of the country’s civil war.
U.S. forces carried out more than 30 strikes by airplanes and drones in the past week in southern and central provinces, said Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. The strikes followed the first commando operation Donald Trump approved as president, a Jan. 28 raid against the terrorist group by the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 in which a U.S. serviceman was killed.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP, has taken advantage of more than two years of fighting between Shiite Houthi rebels and President Abdurabuh Mansour Hadi’s government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, Davis said. The U.S. provides the Saudi-led coalition with logistical and intelligence support, but not troops. It’s been estimated that at least 10,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting since the Saudi-led coalition began airstrikes in March 2015
Continue to Bloomberg.com article: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-05/u-s-military-deepens-yemen-role-in-striking-al-qaeda-affiliate
