Khalid Batarfi

In a new 26-minute-long video statement, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said the Islamic caliphate declared by the Islamic State was illegitimate, dismissively referring to that militant organization as "Baghdadi's' group," a reference to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Rebel forces penetrated deep into the former southern stronghold of Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi today as Al Qaeda freed hundreds of inmates in a jailbreak elsewhere in the chaos-hit country.

In a new 26-minute-long video statement, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said the Islamic caliphate declared by the Islamic State was illegitimate, dismissively referring to that militant organization as "Baghdadi's' group," a reference to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Rebel forces penetrated deep into the former southern stronghold of Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi today as Al Qaeda freed hundreds of inmates in a jailbreak elsewhere in the chaos-hit country.