yakla is a very dangerous place to get to because it sits in the middle of several front lines.ou have the houthis, you have the tribes, and you have the yemeni government fighting there. you also have elements of al-qaeda, and so this exposes everyone to the danger of us drone strikes. on the way, the driver stopped in a clearing, where he told me that this is where the american special forces had landed... they had treked for seven km to the village of yakla, so we had retraced their trip to the village. on the 29th of january, 2017, navy seals attacked an al-qaeda headquarters here, according to a pentagon statement. it says they met resistance, including from numerous female fighters. one american soldier was killed and three others injured. i wanted to talk to the eyewitnesses that had survived the raid, to hear their narrative about what happened. this local tribal leader has been in hiding since the raid and has not been interviewed about what happened until now. he says he and his tribe have been fighting the houthis, on the side backed by the united states. at 2am, he s