Al Queda in the Arabian Penisula ( AQIAP or AQAP ) is consoldiating it's hold on Yemen's largest province, Hadramawt province, while the extremist Shia Houthi militia, backed by Iran, is continuing to consolidate it's control of the capital, the strategic straights leading to the Suez Canal and moving ahead with their take over of the Strategic Port of Aden.
Location of Hadramawt province: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... en.svg.png
Location of al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt province: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Al+Mu ... 473e84c6c3
Drillable version of below map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ed_map.png
Sunni versus Shia - April 15th, 2015 status of the Yemen war:

key to above map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yemen ... ed_map.png