Conflict Dynamics in Yemen

They weren't the only ones who refused to let me film them.

A group of Al-Qaeda fighters started arguing

after the presence of a woman on the front line angered them.

Who are these people who don't want me to be here?

They're Ansar al-Sharia.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is fighting here to expand

its influence in the country.

We do not accept you.

We do not accept you under Islamic law.

What did he say? We do not accept you under Islamic law.

This is Daesh, Daesh.

By God, worse than Daesh. It's impossible to coexist with him.

There are different local groups fighting alongside

the coalition, including al-Hirak and the Salafists

and Al-Qaeda, with different motives for fighting.

Our Islamic religion does not permit excessive extremism.

We are moderate.

But we have an extremist group among us.

But you fight together at the front.

Absolutely, absolutely. At the front, we are together.

And while these groups are fighting together now,

each has doubts about what will happen after the war.