Yemeni Islamists’ Triumph

... France being chosen because of its “obvious role in the war against Islam” [2] . Al-Ansi’s statement was no coincidence and fully justified. In fact in 2011 Saïd, one of the two Kouachi brothers who carried out the attack on Charlie Hebdo , arrived in Yemen to undergo training with AQAP [3] . It’s noteworthy that Arab Spring events began in Yemen at the beginning of 2011, which led to an escalation of the conflict between the ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the al-Ahmar family, which headed the Hashid tribal confederation....