Yemeni army captures southern #al-Qaeda stronghold
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Yemeni soldiers stand near a rocket launching during a major offensive against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the Maifaa region of Shabwa province on May 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP / STR) Yemeni soldiers stand near a rocket launching during a major offensive against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the Maifaa region of Shabwa province on May 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP / STR)
Yemeni government forces captured al-Qaeda’s main stronghold in the southern part of the country on Tuesday after insurgents blew up the local government compound there and fled, the Defense Ministry said. The mountainous al-Mahfad area of Abyan province, along with Azzan in the adjacent province of Shabwa, has been the militants’ main (...)