Yemeni Soldiers, al-Qaeda Militants Killed in Fighting in South
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About 25 al-Qaeda militants and four Yemeni soldiers were killed today in fighting in the southern province of Abyan, the al-Masdar independent website reported.
Yemen’s air force launched several strikes against militant positions, helping ground troops advance and recapture a munitions plant that had been under their control, al-Masdar said. The army is now a few kilometers from the city of Jaar, a stronghold of the militants, the Defense Ministry said on its website. Government forces also carried out artillery and air strikes on another rebel position in the city of Shaqra, on the Gulf of Aden, according to Saleem Ali, a resident.