Yemen: Following in Afghanistan’s Footsteps?

... State and taken responsibility for the mosque bombings on March 20, 2015 in Sana'a, which killed more than 150 people, mostly Huthis. After Ali Saleh’s resignation in 2011, AQAP dramatically stepped up its activities, particularly in the oil-rich ... ... to both external and internal factors. The former implies the emergence of the Islamic state and its growing influence in the Middle East. This successful project could not but affect the overall situation in the region: various radical Islamist groups ...