Yemen on the Edge

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“ISIS has been arguing that they are the only jihadist force that will really take the fight to the Houthis,” said Thomas Joscelyn, senior editor of the Long War Journal, which focuses on U.S. counterterrorism efforts. “They have even directly attacked AQAP’s jihadist credentials by arguing that AQAP is soft on the Houthis.”

Contrary to the arguments of the Islamic State, AQAP has attacked Houthi targets but has refrained from attacks such as Friday’s brutal bombings. Those attacks, Joscelyn said, are “part of a campaign by ISIS to say that they are the real anti-Shiite jihadist force throughout the Middle East, and that al Qaeda is soft when it comes to anti-Shiite violence.”

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