Following al-Qaeda's military gains in the south-eastern province of Hadhramawt last Friday where several villages are now under the direct control of the terror group, the coalition government and the United States of America have been keen to stop the Islamists in their tracks, before they can claim yet more victories against the impoverished republic.
On Monday officials in al-Baydha, situated north of the southern of Abyan, confirmed under cover of anonymity that a drone strike had been authorized against two terror militants just outside of the city of Radaa.
The two suspected terrorists were traveling on a motorbike when they were stroke down by the drone.
With cells spread out across the country, Ansar al-Sharia, an offshoot of al-Qaeda in the region has already been identified by Washington as the most dangerous and potent branch of the terror organization.
The group's military potency and its determination to dismantle Yemen's counter-terror ability by targeting its most senior security officials have been chillingly systematic, proof of the group cold determination to use Yemen security issues to advance its agenda, set up a stronghold at the very crossroads of Arabia.
While Yemen represents an opportunity in the sense that its political and security instability makes it an easy prey to terror organizations, it is its geographic position which terrorists gave their eyes on. An gate onto the African continent, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia, Yemen sits a gateway to regional domination.
If al-Qaeda was to assert its hold over Yemen the repercussions for the region and the world would be devastating.