Al-Qaida in Yemen: Poverty, corruption and an army of jihadis willing to fight

 

Armed men claiming to be al-Qaida members address a crowd in Yemen's southern Abyan province. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
The market at Jaar, a small city in Abyan province in southern Yemen, is on a filthy, dusty road strewn with garbage, plastic bottles, cans and rotten food. Plastic bags fly on the hot wind and feral dogs sniff around the vegetable stalls. Minibuses and donkey carts jostle for . . . .