NEFA Foundation: Al-Qaida Clashes with Yemeni Forces in Mareb
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new communiqué from Al Qaida’s network in Yemen claiming responsibility for a recent violent clash with Yemeni security forces in the Mareb province. According to the statement, as a result of the battle, Al-Qaida captured seven Yemeni soldiers, killed other soldiers, seized military equipment and weapons, and destroyed five tanks. AQIY further boasted that the Yemeni government has “gone too far in the Valley, and opened by itself a new front and a new war that did not exist before.”
An English translation of the communique can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.