DefenceTalkThe Pentagon acknowledged for the first time Friday it has deployed US troops to Yemen since the country’s collapse last year to bolster government and Arab coalition forces battling Al-Qaeda. Spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the US military has also stepped up air strikes against fighters with Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-positions-troops-in-yemen-steps-up-anti-qaeda-strikes-67414/

DefenceTalkUS military planes killed dozens of fighters at an Al-Qaeda affiliate’s training camp in a mountainous region of Yemen, the Pentagon said. The raids came almost one year since the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched its bombing campaign against Iran-backed Shiite rebels who challenged the authority of the Yemeni government and seized much of the country. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-strike-kills-dozens-at-qaeda-training-camp-in-yemen-67142/

DefenceTalkThe leader of Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen was targeted in a CIA drone strike last week, though US officials would not immediately confirm he had been killed, The Washington Post reported Monday. Nasir al-Wuhayshi’s group, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is behind several plots against the United States, including an attempt to blow up a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cia-drone-strike-targets-top-al-qaeda-leader-in-yemen-report-64511/

DefenceTalkPresident Barack Obama’s admission that a US drone strike accidentally took the lives of two hostages has raised fresh questions about the limits and the risks of the country’s “targeted killing” campaign. Since taking office in 2009, Obama has relied heavily on drone raids to hunt down Al-Qaeda leaders and other Islamist extremists from Pakistan’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-drone-war-under-scrutiny-after-botched-strike-63974/