Yemen hostages killed

Thirteen people including two Western hostages were killed when U.S. special forces mounted a Sunday assault on the village of Dafaar in Yemen’s Shabwa province – a stronghold of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 

AQAP presence

YEMEN
SOMALIA
SAUDI ARABIA
DJIBOUTI
Sanaa
Dafaar
ABYAN

MARIB
AL-JAWF
HADRAMAWT
BAYDA
Gulf of Aden
SHABWA

160km
100 miles