“The United States has tripled the number of airstrikes this year against Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen, one of the deadliest and most sophisticated terrorist organizations in the world. American allies have pushed the militants from their lucrative coastal strongholds. And the Pentagon recently boasted of killing key Qaeda leaders and disrupting the group’s operations.”
Source: The U.S. Has Pummeled Al Qaeda in Yemen. But the Threat Is Barely Dented. – The New York Times