Yemen’i Qaeda condemns ‘deviant’ IS rivals

AFP, ADEN: Al-Qaeda in Yemen has labelled the rival jihadist Islamic State group “deviant” and distanced itself from an IS-claimed suicide attack in Aden last week that killed dozens of soldiers.
“We explicitly declare that we were not involved in any way in this operation,” Ansar al-Sharia, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen, said in a statement received Thursday by AFP.
The December 10 attack in Aden targeted a crowd of soldiers gathered to collect their monthly pay at a barracks in Al-Sawlaban near the southern city’s international airport.
The attack left 48 soldiers dead and 29 wounded, a health department chief said.
“At the request of the Ba Kazem tribe, which lost many of its sons in the attack, we are issuing this statement to prevent anyone trying to... sow discord between the tribes and their sons, the warriors of Ansar al-Sharia,” the group said.
“We see IS as a deviant group... that has shown its enmity towards Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamic groups,” it said.

Yemeni Qaeda condemns deviant IS rivals

AFP, ADEN: Al-Qaeda in Yemen has labelled the rival jihadist Islamic State group deviant and distanced itself from an IS-claimed suicide attack in Aden last week that killed dozens of soldiers. We explicitly declare that we were not involved in any way in this operation, Ansar al-Sharia, Al-Qaedas branch in Yemen, said in a statement received Thursday by AFP. The December 10 attack in Aden targeted a crowd of soldiers gathered to collect their monthly pay at a barracks in Al-Sawlaban near the southern citys international airport. The attack left 48 soldiers dead and 29 wounded, a health department chief said. At the request of the Ba Kazem tribe, which lost many of its sons in the attack, we are issuing this statement to prevent anyone trying to... sow discord between the tribes and their sons, the warriors of Ansar al-Sharia, the group said. We see IS as a deviant group... that has shown its enmity towards Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamic groups, it said.