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11 separatists killed in south Yemen |
2014-02-19 |
Eleven people, including five Yemeni soldiers and three separatists, were killed in a gun battle on Tuesday in the city of Daleh, the latest violence to hit the countryÂ’s volatile south. A military official said that A southern activist said three of his comrades died in the fighting while 20 people were wounded, mostly civilians. The activist said Separatists in the formerly independent south had boycotted a national dialogue that agreed last month to transform Yemen into a federation in a bid to address local grievances that have fuelled unrest across the Arab worldÂ’s poorest country. |
Posted by:Steve White |