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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Aug 4, 2017
US special operations forces are helping Emirati and local forces as they conduct new operations against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, the Pentagon said Friday. The operations center on Shabwa province, where Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has an established presence. Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the aim was to "degrade" AQAP's ability to coordinate external terrorist operations and plotting. The United States considers AQAP to be Al-Qaeda's most dangerous branch, and a long-running drone war augmented by occasional raids against the group has intensified since President Donald Trump took office in January. "Our support there is a continuation of what we have been doing since January," Davis said. "It involves a very small number of US forces on the ground who are primarily there to facilitate the flow of information," he added, though he noted that "combat can always happen." The Pentagon announcement came after the United Arab Emirates on Thursday said it was launching a "major" operation. "The operation is being closely supported by a combined UAE and US enabling force," the UAE embassy said in a statement to AFP. The US has conducted more than 80 strikes since February 28 in Yemen, Davis said. Soon after taking office, Trump ordered an airborne raid that ended up with the deaths of a US Navy SEAL and several Yemeni civilians in Baida province, south of Marib.
Outgoing UN envoy says now up to Cypriots to strike dealNicosia (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 The United Nations will not resurrect the collapsed Cyprus reunification talks as the onus is now on the divided island's rival communities to prove they really want a long-elusive settlement, the outgoing UN envoy said Thursday. "If people want change, they need to stand up for change," Espen Barth Eide told reporters after a meeting in Nicosia with President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek C ... read more Related Links Space War News
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