article_snippet.sent: Al-Anad was a key monitoring post in Washington's longstanding drone war against Al-Qaeda until Al-Anad withdrew Al-Anad troops as fighting intensified last month.
article_snippet.sent: Last week, Al-Qaeda seized much of Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla.
article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday, Al-Qaeda attacked one of the last loyalist strongholds in the city.