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In a new video purportedly released by the Islamic State, ISIS militants are shown training before attacking either a Houthi or al-Qaeda outpost in Hadramaut, Yemen. They behead the prisoners. The video was released on February 3, 2016 and was shared by various ISIS-affiliated Twitter accounts.Yemen has been in a state of political crisis since 2011 when now ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh tried to amend the constitution to eliminate presidential term limits and make himself president for life. After Saleh was forced to step down in 2012, the presidency was transferred to Vice President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Hadi was formally elected president in February 2012 in a one-man election. Soon after, Houthis, a Shia Islamist group, staged a coup d’état. Yemen has been in a civil war since between government forces and rebels.