Yemen Southern Province

Seven suspected Al-Qaeda fighters were killed Friday when a drone targeted their car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, a security official said.

A drone strike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists including a leader in the southern Yemen province of Abyan, local officials said Friday.

Al-Qaeda militants began withdrawing Thursday from two cities in Yemen's southern Abyan province following tribal mediation to spare destruction, tribal sources said.

Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar that had fallen briefly to militants four years ago, residents and local fighters said today.

Yemen's Huthi rebels pounded an area in the southern province of Taez shortly after the start early Monday of a humanitarian truce declared by the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-backed insurgents.

A drone attack killed two suspected Al Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa today, local residents told Reuters, the latest in a series of strikes in the country gripped by political turmoil.

A US drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected Al Qaeda militants today in the southern province of Shabwa, local Yemeni security officials told Reuters.

Two soldiers and 10 jihadists were killed Sunday in attempted car bomb attacks on army posts and subsequent clashes in the southern province of Abyan, a military official said.

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed two Yemeni soldiers and wounded five on Monday in the southern province of Abyan, a stronghold of the jihadists, a military official said.

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 12 Yemeni soldiers and a civilian on Thursday in a southern province where troops have been battling the jihadists since late April, a security official said.

The Yemeni army killed more than 30 al Qaeda insurgents in heavy fighting on Wednesday, a senior military commander said, after the Islamists attacked military posts in a southern province where the government launched an offensive two weeks ago.

Yemen said at least 37 al Qaeda militants were killed in the southern province of Shabwa on Sunday as the army intensified an offensive to root out foreign and local Islamist fighters holed up in some of the country's most impenetrable areas.

A suspected US drone strike killed four al Qaida militants on Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.

At least 13 soldiers and 13 suspected Al Qaeda members died in an attack on an army base in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Friday, medical and military sources said.

A drone air strike blasted two cars carrying suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen in the southern Yemen province of Shabawa on Thursday, killing five of them, a tribal chief and witnesses said.

Seven suspected Al-Qaeda fighters were killed Friday when a drone targeted their car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, a security official said.

A drone strike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists including a leader in the southern Yemen province of Abyan, local officials said Friday.

Al-Qaeda militants began withdrawing Thursday from two cities in Yemen's southern Abyan province following tribal mediation to spare destruction, tribal sources said.

Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar that had fallen briefly to militants four years ago, residents and local fighters said today.

Yemen's Huthi rebels pounded an area in the southern province of Taez shortly after the start early Monday of a humanitarian truce declared by the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-backed insurgents.

A drone attack killed two suspected Al Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa today, local residents told Reuters, the latest in a series of strikes in the country gripped by political turmoil.

A US drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected Al Qaeda militants today in the southern province of Shabwa, local Yemeni security officials told Reuters.

Two soldiers and 10 jihadists were killed Sunday in attempted car bomb attacks on army posts and subsequent clashes in the southern province of Abyan, a military official said.

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed two Yemeni soldiers and wounded five on Monday in the southern province of Abyan, a stronghold of the jihadists, a military official said.

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 12 Yemeni soldiers and a civilian on Thursday in a southern province where troops have been battling the jihadists since late April, a security official said.

The Yemeni army killed more than 30 al Qaeda insurgents in heavy fighting on Wednesday, a senior military commander said, after the Islamists attacked military posts in a southern province where the government launched an offensive two weeks ago.

Yemen said at least 37 al Qaeda militants were killed in the southern province of Shabwa on Sunday as the army intensified an offensive to root out foreign and local Islamist fighters holed up in some of the country's most impenetrable areas.

A suspected US drone strike killed four al Qaida militants on Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.

At least 13 soldiers and 13 suspected Al Qaeda members died in an attack on an army base in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Friday, medical and military sources said.

A drone air strike blasted two cars carrying suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen in the southern Yemen province of Shabawa on Thursday, killing five of them, a tribal chief and witnesses said.