[HODHODYEMENNEWS] An emir in al-Qaeda’s terrorist organization was killed on Saturday in festivities that broke out in al-Mahfad district of Abyan...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an
Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
province, southern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, sources familiar with the issue reported.
According to the Sources, members of the UAE-backed militias launched an attack on a military site belonging to Lions of Islam affiliated with al-Qaeda in "Wadi Dhayqa" area of the same district, which resulted in the death of the so-called "Abu al-Omair al-Baydani," the emir of moral guidance for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000...
The sources confirmed that many Lions of Islam on both sides were killed and maimed during the confrontations.
The operations of terrorist groups have increased significantly over the past two months, despite the military campaigns carried out by militias loyal to the UAE in the area.
Last September, the militia affiliated with Abu Dhabi announced the launch of a large-scale military operation to expel terrorist groups from the Saudi-led coalition-held areas.