by Itunuoluwa Adebo

US special operations force have stepped up ground operations in Yemen, amidst intelligence that the Al Qaeda affiliate there continues to actively plan attacks on western targets, including targeting commercial aviation.

The ground covert ground missions have the specific goal of secretly collecting intelligence on the al Qaeda affiliate there, including their top operatives and locations where they may be hiding.  The US has not acknowledged any specific ground operations since the Navy SEAL raid.

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Pentagon spokesman, Capt. Jeff Davis said “We have people on the ground, as you know, and as we’ve stated before, we have not had any ground combat operations since January 28,” which was the date of the Navy SEAL raid. But two other officials with direct knowledge of the latest intelligence say ground operations recently have taken place, even if it did not result in combat.

According to CNN, one of the major reasons, the Trump administration moved to ban electronic devices on aircrafts was growing intelligence that ISIS was testing devices that could make it pass airport screening technology.

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