United States Ramps Up Airstrikes Against Al Qaeda in Yemen

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Its top bombmaker, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, and his prot?g?s are still believed to be actively plotting against the United States, counterterrorism officials say.
Last May, American Special Operations forces helped Yemeni and Emirati troops evict Qaeda fighters from the port city of Al Mukalla.
?It is highly likely there will be more ground assaults involving U.
S.
Special Operations Forces in Yemen.
? In the west, Houthi rebels ousted the government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the United States? main counterterrorism partner in the country, and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition of mostly Sunni Arab countries that back Mr.
Hadi.
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