Yemen: The U.S. military is preparing evacuation plans for embassy personnel

But this week, even as a new cabinet was sworn in, the Houthis showed no signs of honoring their commitment to demobilize. They have continued to man roadblocks and checkpoints throughout the capital. They’ve also continued their push farther south into territories under the control of Ansar Al Sharia, better known in Washington as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or AQAP, one of the most active and dangerous of al Qaeda’s affiliates.

The U.S. military is preparing evacuation plans for embassy personnel, and commercial airlines have delayed resuming flights to Sana’a.

AQAP has been calling on Sunnis across Yemen to support a ferocious campaign against the Shia Houthis, and some of its members have been linking up with, yes, ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Yemen now reportedly hosts a group calling itself the Islamic State Supporters in the Arabian Peninsula and, in addition, a former AQAP commander has personally pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abubaker al-Baghdadi.
A third group, Al-Hirak Al Janoubi, is gaining ground with calls for southern Yemen to secede. On October 14, Al Hirak held its largest protest ever with more than 100,000 people attending a rally in the port city of Aden.

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