condemning t operation and requesting that no mor ground operations theregainst suspted terror groups without this approval. how big of a deal is this? reporter: it s potentially a big deal. not quite a ban. they re not saying no more operations. but they are demanding in effect better coordination and approval here. and keep in mind, these relationships were these partner nations in these countries where you are fighting terror groups like in this case aqap, yemen, et cetera, they are difficult, sometimes delicate relationships, because those u.s. military operations not particularly popular, often, on their ground, particularly when there are civilian casualties as in this case. so you have to manage those relationships. when you have something like this that yemeni officials tell cnn went without their approval or coordination, this is a place where the u.s. has less of a fixed presence on the ground