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At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison as Yemen’s long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation Friday that drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres. The Huthi rebels released gruesome video footage showing bodies in the rubble and mangled corpses from the attack, which levelled buildings at the prison in […]

At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation Friday that drew condemnation from U

At least 70 people were killed in an airstrike on a prison as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation on Friday

Really continues to be an issue for them. this is not going to lay it to rest for them. but they are getting answers here, of course, it all occurred in the heat of an intensive battle by afghan forces supported, advised by u.s. special forces on the ground. we take this very important strategic town from the taliban who had overrun the first town district center they had taken control of. in the past 13 or 14 years. >> we know, as you were reporting, when this first happened doctors without bor...

>> reporter: the drone attacks are intensifying. and u.s. counterterrorism trainers are back in yemen work with local forces. and escalation that includes targeting this man, al qaedas master bomb builder whose latest underwear bomb plot to bring down a jetliner was undone by a double agent. >> a history of trying to kill american citizens. that automatically pushes him at the top of the strike list. >> reporter: the strikes have jumped dramatically. just look at this. two separate attacks. 11 s...

Hands of terrorists, his top counterterrorism adviser was pretty blunt about just how hard that job will actually be. john brennan says there is, quote, indisputable evidence that dozens of groups, particularly al qaeda, have been after weapons of mass destruction for years. number one on their strike list if they were to get them is new york city. but new york has long been fighting back with its own counterterrorism unit. tonight we have three of new yorks finest keeping the city safe on land,...

Some reporters still gathered, trying to talk to officials about the critical point of chlorine-filled barrel bombs. we saw barrel bombs come up at the white house yesterday. the question for secretary mattis was has the u.s. put chlorine-filled barrel bombs essentially on the strike list. essentially is the u.s. policy now to try to take military action against assad if he were to use chlorine-filled barrel bombs again. those, of course, are oil drums potentially filled with chlorine tossed out...