Yemeni Troops, Backed by United Arab Emirates, Take City From Al Qaeda

By SAEED AL-BATATI, KAREEM FAHIM and ERIC SCHMITT from NYT World http://ift.tt/1VMSaIZ
via IFTTT The loss of Al Mukalla was a blow to Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch, which had controlled the southern city for more than a year and used it as a base.