Yemeni forces have resumed air-strikes against Al Qaeda in the country’s tribal regions. The U.S. recently pledged $150 million in military aid to train and equip Yemeni security forces. The move was meant to help fight a group called Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden’s organization that claimed responsibility for the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard Northwest Airlines.

U.S. aid to Yemen