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27 dead as Al-Qaeda launches attack on Yemen separatists

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The attack on a Security Belt Forces location in Ahwar resulted in hours of heavy fighting and the deaths of 20 soldiers. Yemeni forces have largely succeeded in thwarting Al-Qaeda's attempts to regroup and thus recapture cities in southern provinces. The latest attack prompted officials to call for increased international support for security and military units.

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Times of India

27 dead as Al-Qaida launches attack on Yemen separatists

Twenty-one separatist fighters and six members of al-Qaida's Yemen branch were killed Tuesday as an attack by the jihadists punctured months of relative peace in the war-torn country, government and security sources said.

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

Al Qaeda attack kills 20 Yemeni forces in Abyan, says southern military

ADEN - Al Qaeda militants killed some 20 Yemeni security force members in an assault in the southern Abyan province on Tuesday, a southern military spokesperson said, before all eight attackers were killed. The militants used rocket-propelled grenades, light and medium weapons and military vehicles in the ambush on a security checkpoint in Ahwar district, Mohammed al-Naqib, spokesperson

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Epoch Times

Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack Kills 20 Yemeni Forces in Abyan, Says Southern Military

ADEN—Al-Qaeda terrorists killed some 20 Yemeni security force members in an assault in the southern Abyan province on Tuesday, a southern military spokesperson said, before all eight attackers were killed. The terrorists used rocket-propelled grenades, light, and medium weapons, and military vehicles in the ambush on a security checkpoint in Ahwar district, Mohammed al-Naqib, spokesperson for Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces, told Reut…

2 years ago·New York, United States

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Arab News

26 killed in Al-Qaeda attack in Yemen’s Abyan

AL-MUKALLA: At least 26 people were killed on Tuesday when Al-Qaeda militants attacked a military outpost manned by Yemeni security forces in the southern province of Abyan, the group’s deadliest strike in months. Mohammed Al-Naqeeb, a spokesperson for pro-independence southern forces, said the attack on a Security Belt Forces location in Ahwar resulted in hours of heavy fighting and the deaths of 20 soldiers, including local security leader Col.

2 years ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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