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25 Al-Qaeda fighters killed in Yemen clash |
2012-04-21 |
![]() The official said the army succeeded in regaining control over one district on the outskirts of Zinjibar, but the rest of the provincial capital was still in Al-Qaeda’s hands. A Defense Ministry statement yesterday said the offensive that started two weeks ago around another city in the southern Abyan province, Lawder, has so far killed 250 Al-Qaeda militants. Also, 37 Yemeni soldiers have died, it said. In recent weeks, the Yemeni military has been hitting the militants in ground and air operations, while Al-Qaeda has carried out some bloody surprise attacks of its own against government forces. Yemen’s government expressed determination. “The war on terrorism will expand and reach all the terrorist elements; it will continue and will not stop until it curbs it and uproots it,” a statement yesterday from the Ministry of Interior read. |
Posted by:Steve White |