Pentagon chief: Al-Qaeda making gains in Yemen turmoil
Al-Qaeda militants have seized the opportunity of the disorder in Yemen to make gains on the ground there, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.
"The situation (in Yemen) is still obviously very unsettled and there are a number of different warring parties, the Houthis are one and AQAP is another, that have seized the opportunity of the disorder there and the collapse of the central government," Carter said during a visit to Tokyo.Speaking at a news conference, Carter said the United States was particularly concerned about al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the powerful regional wing of the jihadist movement, as in addition to its regional ambitions it had the ambition to strike Western targets, including the United States.
