AQAP relisted as proscribed terror group THE federal government has relisted al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as a proscribed terror group because of its prolific terrorist activity. A total of 18 terror groups are listed, with each listing lasting for three years. Attorney-General George Brandis has relisted the group, meaning it remains an offence to be a member of AQAP, to train with it or to provide it with funding or support. The offence can attract a 25-year jail term. He said AQAP was an extremist group operating in Yemen that committed terrorist acts and espoused terrorist beliefs and activities through its online magazine Inspire. "AQAP has a history of terrorist attacks, indiscriminate bombings and kidnappings," he said in a statement. The organisation supported the terrorist attack against a young British soldier in Woolwich in the United Kingdom in May 2013, resulting in his death. The US temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa in August in response to threats of attack from AQAP.