Al Qaeda Attacks in Yemen

Al Qaeda forces in Yemen have killed nearly 200 Yemeni soldiers over the past couple days. Most of the deaths occurred in surprise attacks, that some sources say were helped with information given to the militants by high up connections with the government of Yemen. Retaliatory air strikes by the Yemen's air force, have killed around 40.

The militants captured weapons and ammunition during the attacks, including: rocket launchers, mortars, armored vehicles, and tanks. The air strikes have been aimed at destroying as many of the vehicles, ammunition, and weapons as possible.

Yemen is continuously facing issues as Al Qaeda has taken over part of the south of the country. Over the last few weeks the conflict has gone from near silence to small raids, to these large attacks.

The United States has promised to aid Yemen in it's fight against Al Qaeda, but little aid has been seen, other than verbal. For a short time last year US drones were launching air strikes against Al Qaeda targets, but that was stopped, for an unreleased reason.