 SANAA: Air strikes launched by the Yemeni air force on positions of Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in the south killed 10 terrorists militants including some number threes of their leaders, a government source said on Saturday.
The raids against the terrorists militants, who have expanded their base in southern Yemen during the months of turmoil that eventually ousted the president, targeted Bayda, about 130 km (80 miles) southeast of the capital Sanaa, late on Friday.
The source said: “Ten Al-Qaeda terrorists elements, including leading number threes members, were killed in three raids by warplanes during a gathering of these elements in the governorate of Bayda.”
“A number of vehicles and cars used by Al-Qaeda were also destroyed,” the source said, adding the terrorists militants gathered were carrying equipment and weapons to launch attacks in the governorate.
Residents in Bayda said the fighter planes had raided the western outskirts of the town, where the Ansar Al-Sharia terrorists militants, who have been fighting army forces since mid-2011, had been based.
“Flames and smoke could be seen rising from the area,” one resident told Reuters by telephone. |