The US ambassador said America is "committed to working with the government and people of Yemen to defeat Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and to secure Yemen's borders." Police arrested a suspected al Qaeda operative in Lahj. Civilians fearing a military offensive are fleeing the Yashbum Valley in Shabwa province.
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