"Yemeni soldiers fire at al-Qaida positions in the southern province of Shabwa in 2014. ""Elements of the US military are clearly aware that much of what the US is doing in Yemen is aiding AQAP and there is much angst about that,"" said Michael Horton, a fellow at the Jamestown Foundation. But supporting the UAE and Saudi Arabia against Iranian expansionism takes priority over AQAP and even stabilizing Yemen, Horton said. (Yemen's Defense Ministry / AP File)"
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