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Dancing on the Heads of Snakes

Oct 8, 2015 | 08:00 GMT

Smoke rises from al-Qasr Hotel, which is hosting top Yemeni officials, after it was hit by a rocket attack on Oct. 6, 2015, in Aden.
Smoke rises from al-Qasr Hotel, which is hosting top Yemeni officials, after it was hit by a rocket attack on Oct. 6, 2015, in Aden.

(WAIL SHAIF THABIT/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Yemen's fractured militant landscape is becoming more complex as groups vie for influence on the battlefield. On the morning of Oct. 6, armed assailants launched a complicated attack involving multiple vehicle bombs against the al-Qasr hotel and resort in Aden province. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which -- if the claims are true -- would mark the group's most complex and sophisticated operation in Yemen to date. ...

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