Yemeni Islamists’ Triumph

Nasr al-Ansi, a commander of the predominantly Yemen-based terrorist organisation al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), recently made a statement in which he announced the organisation’s involvement in the shootings of the Charlie Hebdo editorial staff on 7 January, 2015 in Paris [1] . . This act of terrorism was the biggest in AQAP’s history outside Yemen and was nothing other than revenge for the honour of the prophet Muhammad. At the same time, according to statements ...