Yemeni campaign against al-Qaeda members continues

The recent confrontation between the military men and armed persons in East Yemen resulted in killing 28 persons, 24 of them are police and army men, according to a medical source in Yemen.

The source said that number of killed army and security men in Ma'reb clashes increased to 24 as other 6 died because of their strong wounds at the hospital.

The source continued that some 20 army and police men are receiving medical treatment at the military hospital in Sanaa.

A government's source said that the authorities still continue their campaign against persons suspected to have had been in Afghanistan especially those suspected to be members of al- Qaeda organization or of carrying out terrorist acts.

However, forces of the army and the security continue operations of chasing and searching for several suspects in the provinces of Ma'reb, Shabwa and al-Jouf to the north and east of Sanaa.

The source continued that the Yemeni security forces started since the end of last week a campaign of arrest in all Yemeni provinces targeted tens of persons who had earlier took part in military operations in Afghanistan.