#Security: Analysis by Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent

The pre-dawn raid by US Special Operations commandos in Yemen was planned while Barack Obama was still president. But it was President Donald Trump who authorised it, launching a rare operation that put US boots briefly on the ground in a part of Yemen largely controlled by al-Qaeda and its tribal allies.

Yemen, the poorest country in the Arab world, has been gripped by a seemingly intractable civil war for more than two years.

It is also home to a branch of al-Qaeda considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world. The group, thought to number only a few hundred Saudi and Yemeni militants, includes a number of expert bomb-makers who have succeeded in smuggling explosives on board planes three times.

The US has carried out frequent missile strikes on al-Qaeda's bases in Yemen using unmanned drones.

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