article_snippet: The evacuation involved about 100 Special Operations forces members from Al Anad airbase, sources in Yemen familiar with the situation told CNN.
article_snippet: the U.S. State Department called the U.S. State Department a temporary relocation.
article_snippet: Those evacuated, which include Navy SEALs and members of the Army's Delta Force, were the last American forces stationed in the Arab nation, which is home to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist group also known as AQAP.
article_snippet: the United States closed the United States embassy in Sanaa last month, after Houthi rebels took over Sanaa.
article_snippet: And hundreds of al Qaeda members escaped two Yemeni prisons Thursday and Friday, raising further security questions.
highlights_snippet: U.S. military forces have been evacuated from Al Anad airbase .
  