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Jihadism in Yemen: A Long History, a Long Future
Mar 11, 2016 | 09:15 GMT
![A picture taken with a mobile phone early on May 24, 2014 shows Al-Qaeda militants posing with Al-Qaeda flags in front of a museum in Seiyun, second Yemeni city of Hadramawt province, after launching a massive pre-dawn assault that killed at least 15 soldiers and police. The assault in Hadramawt, a jihadist stronghold that has seen large-scale attacks on the army in the past, came as troops pressed a month-old ground offensive against Al-Qaeda in Abyan and Shabwa provinces to the west. AFP PHOTO / STR (Phot](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/main/images/yemen031016.jpg?itok=nht4C4lJ)
Since its formation in 2009, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has risen to prominence within Yemen's abiding jihadist movement.
(AFP/Getty Images)
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