I think that the reality Yemen is living is full of dangers because of terrorist Al Qaeda presence there and its persistence in recruiting the Yemeni youth. I do not believe that this organization is suffering any kind of breakdown because it is luring Yemeni youth in an intelligent way by provoking problems between the youth and the Government. Besides, Al Qaeda leaders and members have known how to draw themselves off and mix the Government and Huthis together. As a result, they quickly went into a complete disorder and were left in state of war. After that, terrorist members of Al Qaeda have resorted to targeting the infrastructure in order to weaken the country. They also took advantage of the war waged by the Government and incited the youth against the latter. They said it is a mercenary and weak government that follows the opinions of Gulf Arab countries as well as the Western countries and America. I personally believe that Al Qaeda does not suffer any breakdown because it is not facing any big challenge or resistance to prevent its spread together with its ideology in Yemen.

Yes, after the Yemeni Government waged a war on extremists and those who conspire with terrorist Al Qaeda and those who have been recruited by this organization. In addition, the Government has killed many of Al Qaeda leaders who were in Yemen in order to train the youth and recruit the largest possible number of Yemeni youth in this organization. I think that the security forces have led to the breakdown inside beginner Al Qaeda ranks in Yemen. In fact, the organization has collapsed and become helpless since the blow it received was painful and decisive from the beginning after terrorists attempted to destabilize Yemen’s security through threats, sabotage and targeting the infrastructure. Indeed, they thought they are the strongest and they will make of Yemen a base for their terrorist organization.

Yemen is suffering today from internal wars and conflicts, which have weakened its government and dispersed its efforts and thoughts. This gives the opportunity to the terrorist organizations and criminals to move freely and vigorously in Yemen, taking advantage of the Yemeni government's focus on mending the rift on the internal front. Thus, Al Qaeda has become more active, as the tension has increased between the government and the Houthis, who had declared war. And this is not the first time that this organization has declared armed rebellion on the central government. This has helped Al Qaeda to carry out many of its criminal operations, taking advantage of the government's preoccupation with controlling the Houthis' rebellion. This is in addition to the problems in the north of Yemen and the demand for secession by the parties and separatist movements that want to divide Yemen into what it was before the declaration of unity between its halves. This is another factor that has led to the survival of Al Qaeda in Yemen. Thus, I don't think that Al Qaeda is collapsing or is weakened in Yemen. On the contrary, Al Qaeda is stronger than ever before, and it changes its moves and tactics from time to time, in order to carry out the most powerful strikes on the Yemeni government and people.

The focus of the Yemeni people and the government is on fighting terrorism and trying to eliminate or destabilize this terrorist organization. This war that the government is waging against Al Qaeda has contributed to stopping the activity of this organization, which was continuously targeting foreign interests and foreign tourists. This has considerably decreased, or it belongs to the past, which confirms the success of the Yemeni forces in their war against terrorism. Many terrorists and criminals from Al Qaeda are transferring their activities towards the targeting of security forces, the police and the army in Yemen, which shows that they have encountered difficulties and are thinking of taking revenge on these brave security forces. This transformation in Al Qaeda’s activity in itself can be interpreted as a sign of the collapse of the terrorist organization. In addition to that, many important leaders in the organization have been arrested by the Yemeni forces, in their continuous campaigns conducted against the terrorists’ dens in the country.

Al Qaeda’s collapse in Yemen is illusory, because the Yemeni government does not work hard on combating terrorism. In addition, the security forces and the intelligence are performing a poor role in hunting down Al Qaeda terrorist members in Yemen. Therefore, I think that the Al Qaeda organization is still present in Yemen, and will be eradicated unless the government wants to do so. In fact, the terrorist Al Qaeda has recruited some Yemeni youth once again, which proves that it has revived its activity in Yemen anew. I think that whoever says Al Qaeda has collapsed in Yemen is wrong.

God be with you, security officers, against terrorism. May God protect Yemen.

The terrorists have exploited the wrong Islamic education, which is widespread among the Yemeni youth. That is because there is no one to enlighten the Yemeni youth and officially warn them of the terrorist ideology. Therefore, the terrorists found a fertile soil for themselves to establish another branch in Yemen after Afghanistan. We have witnessed how the strong desire on part of the youth and the Islamic movements to join this organization and work with it has destroyed the country and crippled its advancement and progress. The Yemeni government needs to be keener on not allowing its country to fall into this trap, as it needs to wake up. Likewise, the clergy has a key role in warning the youth. The rampant poverty is behind the spread of any abnormal case, such as joining the ranks of terrorism for money in return for implementing the orders of the Al-Qaeda leaders. The deteriorating economic situation in Yemen and the lack of any real opportunity for the youth, as well as the poverty that affects many of them, is exploited by the terrorists in recruiting more youth. The Yemeni government is responsible for the loss of the youth, because it does not care for them properly. The spread of the phenomenon of poverty is accompanied by the spread of the phenomenon of Islamization, as well as the principles promoted by Al-Qaeda. The members of Al-Qaeda try to recruit the largest possible number to their ranks, with their false allegations that assert that this organization aims at defending the religion and the Muslim youth, as well as the adoption of the Book of God and the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him. However, they are liars, as we saw in Iraq; we saw how the falsehood of this organization appeared after exposing its mean purposes.