CURRENT EVENTS

AL-QAEDA

• AQAP - short for al-Qaeda in the Arabian
• 'The dynamic in Yemen has changed dramatically,' says Dr Sajjan Gohel, a terrorism expert with the Asia Pacific Foundation.
• 'The current internal strife in Yemen is giving AQAP a breathing space allowing them to raid jails, free (jihadist) prisoners and increase the numbers of their recruits'.

DEADLY BOMB ATTACKS

• 2 bomb attacks - El-Arish & Sheikh Zuweid
• Sinai Province Group
• Attacks bring April's death toll up to 41

ISIS

• Isis released more than 200 Yazidis, most women or children
• They were received by Peshmerga (northern Iraq force) and then sent to Irbil (Kurdish regional capital)
• ISIS has raped and enslaved the female Yazidi captives

IRAQ