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>> ivan watson, thank you. crisis in yemen. on thursday al qaeda fighters overran an airport and oil export terminal in yemen after seizing the city of alqa. in washington the officials tell the l.a. times they are concerned about the air campaign which caused hundreds of civilian casualties. now the u.n. worried about a humanitarian crisis. asking for a cease-fire by all sides. lets bring in nima elbagir. lets talk about the moves in yemen. >> reporter: al qaeda are clearly moving into the se...

About the saudi air campaign which is caused hundreds of civilian casualties. now the united nations is worried about a humanitarian crisis and calling for a cease-fire from all sides. lets get the latest from nima elbagir in yemen. >> reporter: al qaeda are clearly moving into the security vacuum. they have taken the third largest airport in yemen. they have as you said, an oil platform now. they moved in to repel the houthis advances. they seem to be putting up their black flags in a number of...

Concerned about the air campaign which caused hundreds of civilian casualties. now the united nations worried about a humanitarian crisis calling for a cease-fire by all sides. for the latest, lets bring in nima elbagir in yemen. >> reporter: al qaeda clearly moving into the security vacuum. they have taken the third largest airport in yemen. they have as you said an oil platform now. they moved in to repel the houthi advances in the district. they seem to be putting up their black flags where t...

We are hearing reports that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is taking advantage of the security vacuum to take more territory. they have taken the port city and now the reuters is reporting that the black flags of al qaeda have been flying in a number of districts. all this, as the humanitarian issue has worsened. the u.n. and unicef tell us it is nowhere near enough aid at this time. >> thank you, nima. a complicated situation. 40 minutes past the hour. time for an early start on your money...

Nonexistent u.s. presence in yemen on the counter terrorism operations there. the country is a main base for one of al qaedas most powerful franchises al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap. now with no real government in charge of the country after the houthi shia rebels pushed the president out of power in sanaa. the u.s. lost its ally in the war on terror there. its this kind of political instability and the security vacuum that is something we have seen extremist groups exploit so much whet...

Been the most successful franchise. if isis is able to make inroads there and take away recruits and support from the al qaeda fill, it could mean death to affiliate. >> in the chaos yemen has avoided the vicious sectarian violence that weve seen if iraq and syria. you lived there for a year many years ago. how do you think that until this moment it has avoided that? >> well the shiite offshootute shoot the is a -- offshoot is a moderate group. the shia/sunni divide is much nay ohher in yemen th...

Security situation. the security has been deteriorating over the past few months. we saw evacuation shutdown of the u.s. embassy last month. theres been a lot of concern about how this is going to impact the u.s. counterterrorism operations there as we know. the u.s. has been actively targeting the leadership of one of al qaedas top franchises the most dangerous in the world. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap and the political situation, political crisis is worsening, the security vacuum a...

Attackers. theres trains camps the past few years and they have reported on what is going on in libya and the groups really exploiting the chaos in that country the political and stability and the security vacuum there to set up camp. we have seen the emergents that have pledged to isis. theres a lot of concern from the neighboring countries and also egypt. if you can recall we have seen high profile attacks taking place inside and targeting. we have seen the foreigners at a five star hotel clai...

Fighters in the area iraqi troops being trained by the u.s. at the moment that are slowly building up their capability. and you have what needs to happen is in order to prevent a security vacuum say the iraqi forces go into mosul and drive the 2,000 militia out. we then dont want to have pockets of power vacuums where then you have iraqis and kurdish fighters all vying for power. there needs to be an acquiescence a political roadmap post the fight for mosul which we didnt have in 2003 when we we...

Sympathies, how does that compromise the situation? >> it makes it very complicated. because as you mentioned, there are those crossovers, now sharif is the democratically-elected prime minister of pakistan. hes tried to have a dialogue and negotiate with the pakistan taliban. ultimately its failed. and then he has the problem of pakistani military, who have their own agenda, their own foreign policy dynamics and they have been undermining his own rule. weve seen in the last few months there hav...