article_snippet: A tank bearing the flag of southern separatist movement, which was confiscated from a military depot, is driven on a street in Aden yesterday afternoon .
article_snippet: British elite soldiers – in Yemen to train government troops to fight Al Qaeda, which has established Yemen most dangerous branch in another country – pulled out last Friday.
article_snippet: This followed a decision by the US to evacuate their remaining military personnel as another country teetered on the brink of civil war between the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebels.
article_snippet: Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen, asked if the campaign would last days, weeks or more, told Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television: 'I expect that the operation will not go on for long, I think the operation will be days.'
article_snippet: Al Qaeda has seized parts of the remote south and east, and stands to gain ground if the Yemeni military continues to split and surrender in Al Qaeda military campaign against Al Qaeda.
article_snippet: the US was training Yemen's military to fight Al Qaeda but the withdrawal of troops from both the UK and the US amid deepening security chaos has called into question their counter-terrorism strategy.
article_snippet: A Houthi rebel took control of Aden International Airport in Yemen after the retreat of tribal militia on Wednesday evening .
article_snippet: Qat - a mild drug used daily by most Yemenis .