Yemeni troops scout their surroundings at a base in Raida, in Shabwa province, in southern Yemen on May 1, 2014.
Al Qaeda suspects killed an aide to Yemen's defence minister and four soldiers in an attack today in the country's south, scene of a major offensive against the jihadists, the army said.
The adviser, who is also an army officer, was killed along with the soldiers in Azzan, a city in Shabwa province which the army retook from militants five days ago, a military official said.