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US Acknowledges Ground Ops, Over 120 Airstrikes in Yemen This Year

Military.com 20 Dec 2017 By Richard Sisk

The U.S. for the first time has acknowledged conducting "multiple ground operations" along with airstrikes at a stepped-up rate of more than two per week in Yemen this year against offshoots of al-Qaida and ISIS.

In a statement Wednesday, U.S. Central Command did not give any details on when and where the ground attacks were carried out in Yemen, but said that more than 120 airstrikes in 2017 have targeted al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and the relatively new group known as ISIS-Yemen, of ISIS-Y.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/12/20/us-acknowledges-ground-ops-over-120-airstrikes-yemen-year.html