Report: Saudi-UAE Coalition Is 'Cutting Deals' With al-Qaeda In Yemen

Daily Mail/AP: US-backed military coalition in war-torn Yemen is 'secretly PAYING al-Qaeda to leave cities and letting fighters retreat with weapons and looted cash without firing a shot at them - despite claiming key victories'

* US backed coalition claims to have made key victories over al-Qaeda in Yemen
* But investigation claims fighters are sometimes paid to leave city strongholds
* Others are 'allowed to leave with weapons and looted cash without shots fired'

A US-backed military coalition in Yemen has secretly paid al-Qaeda to leave cities and allowed others to retreat with weapons and looted cash, it has been claimed.

The Saudi led coalition has claimed 'again and again' to have made decisive victories over the past two years, forcing militants to abandon their strongholds in the war-torn country.

But many of those conquests came without firing a shot, according to an Associated Press investigation, which said al-Qaeda fighters have sometimes been allowed to retreat with arms and wads of money.

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