Scores of al-Qaida Fighters Removed From Southern Yemen in Pro-Gov’t Offensive: Military Source

Professional-government forces in Yemen on Tuesday expelled dozens of fighters affiliated with al-Qaida within the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) from the nation’s southern Abyan province after days of clashes, a navy official, talking on situation of anonymity, instructed China’s official state information company Xinhua. “Navy models of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), that are a part of Yemen’s authorities, attacked al-Qaida hideouts and positions in numerous mountainous areas of turbulent Abyan, making headway on the bottom,” the company quoted the native navy supply as saying. The supply confirmed that STC troops have compelled the al-Qaida combatants to go away a number of strongholds in Abyan, and that the anti-terror marketing campaign launched final month beneath the code identify “Arrows of the East” was nonetheless underway. “After expelling al-Qaida militants from their bastions in Abyan, the STC troops backed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition started preparations to storm extra mountainous areas managed by al-Qaida,” he mentioned.