Zinjibar

Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar, while Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah rejected a cabinet reshuffle ordered on Dec. 1, by Hadi.

Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government recaptured a southern provincial capital from Shiite rebels and their allies on August 9 as they pressed an advance from second city Aden.