article_snippet.sent: AQAP is considered one of the most ruthless branches of the terrorist organization.
article_snippet.sent: Also late this week, photos circulating on social media purported to show senior al Qaeda leader Khaled Batarfi  -- whom Yemeni defense officials said militants busted out of jail on Thursday -- posing in a presidential residence in southern Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: Sunni Islamist fighters freed senior al Qaeda leader Khaled Batarfi  -- whom Yemeni defense officials said militants busted out of jail on Thursday -- posing in a presidential residence in southern Yemen with some 270 prisoners when Sunni Islamist fighters overran the town of al Mukallah.
highlights_snippet.sent: Social media: A senior al Qaeda commander stands in a presidential residence after a jail break .