Azzan, the last al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) stronghold in south Yemen, is to be handed over to government authorities within days, two Yemeni senior security officials in Shabwa province ...
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) took control of Azzan, a town in Yemen’s southeastern Shabwa province, earlier this week. The jihadists reportedly faced no resistance as they settled in.
Yemeni troops seize control Saturday of southeastern town of Azzan - a known Al-Qaeda bastion - after group's fighters pulled out a week ago Thirty-five people, meanwhile, were killed in the southern ...