article_snippet: (CNN)The U.S. military has pulled CNN)The remaining personnel out of Yemen due to the deteriorating security situation, the U.S. State Department said.
article_snippet: There is no military solution to Yemen's current crisis," " State Department Spokesman Jeff Rathke said.  
article_snippet: For years, the U.S. military has worked closely with Yemen's government to go after AQAP, together carrying out numerous attacks like the 2011 drone strike that killed al Qaeda al Qaeda figure Anwar al-Awlaki.
article_snippet: Yemen has never been a perfect democracy or a island of stability," U.S. President Barack Obama said in January, promoting the policy of "partnering and intelligence-sharing with Yemen's government" as the best approach in a bad situation.
article_snippet: But while there have been drone strikes as recently as last month, these cooperative efforts have been hampered by Yemen's growing difficulty in maintaining unity and peace.
article_snippet: These include the rise of the Houthis, These battles with forces loyal to ousted President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and the presence of not only al Qaeda fighters but other militants.
article_snippet: With no one really in control, that means numerous groups -- including those with a history of killing civilians and lashing out at the West -- have been more room to operate and a better chance potentially to take over.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, the main players for control of Yemen's government -- those siding with Hadi, who still claims to be president after being deposed earlier this year, and the Houthis, a minority group that's strongest in the northern part of Yemen -- remain very much at odds.
article_snippet: Just two days ago, a Yemeni jet commanded by the capital's Houthi conquerors fired missiles at a palace housing Hadi in Aden.
article_snippet: The airstrikes came on the same day opposing Yemeni military forces -- some under the Houthis, others led by officers loyal to Hadi -- battled in Aden, said Aden .
article_snippet: a palace housing Hadi in the port city of Aden called on all political factions to take part in upcoming talks in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, condemning the direct strike and urging Yemeni troops to refuse orders from Houthi officials.
article_snippet: After a palace housing Hadi in the port city of Aden spoke, the Houthi-run SABA news agency responded, saying the Supreme Revolutionary Committee has decided to mobilize forces and "directed security and military institutions to carry out "directed security and military institutions duties to confront (the) dirty war.
article_snippet: " "the Supreme Revolutionary Committee announces the decision to call proud sons of the Yemeni people in all regions to unite, collaborate and cooperate with members of the armed and security forces in the face of terrorist forces in all parts of the country," the report said.