Al-Qaeda in Yemen assassinates prominent Houthi commander
On Tuesday, a statement released by ‘Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’ (AQAP) suggested the terror group to have eliminated an important Houthi commander in otherwise peaceful Ibb governorate in western Yemen , Almasdar News reported
AQAP claimed Abdulmalik Al-Yafras, commander of a Houthi-led battalion, was assassinated by an IED (improvised explosive device) carefully planted in advance by jihadist sleeper cells on a main road in the aforementioned province
Seven other Houthi troops were either killed or wounded by the attack, AQAP said