SANAA: Two soldiers and 16
al-Qaida militants were killed in a Yemeni military offensive against the
jihadists who are suspected of holding Western hostages, sources said.
"Sixteen al-Qaida fighters
were killed in four raids when the Yemeni aviation targeted positions near
Manaseh," a stronghold of the terror network in the province of Bayda, a
tribal source said today.
An official in the region
reported the death of two soldiers in a car bomb explosion targeting an army
position near the town of Radah, 30 kilometres (18 miles) to the west.
A suicide car bomb at a
checkpoint in the same area killed 11 soldiers and wounded 17 others on Monday,
in an attack blamed on al-Qaida.
Another three people were killed
in an army operation launched late on Sunday against al-Qaida-linked militants
suspected of holding an Austrian and two Finns hostage in Manaseh, in Bayda
province, tribal sources said.
The army is hunting three
militants accused of holding the European hostages and who have refused to
surrender despite mediation efforts.
The three men -- brothers of
Tarek al-Dahab, an al-Qaida leader killed in a February 2012 attack -- deny
they are holding the hostages.
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