The army today killed 40 Al-Qaeda suspects, mainly foreigners, and wounded dozens of others on day six of a major offensive in southern Yemen, military officials said.
Most of the “terrorists” were killed in Shabwa province during the ongoing operation against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the defence ministry said in text messages sent to journalists.
“The majority of those killed or wounded are Saudis, Afghans, Somalis, Chechens and others,” the official Saba news agency quoted a military source as saying.
On Friday, soldiers backed by warplanes killed five suspected al-Qaeda militants in the same province.