800 Al-Qaeda fighters dead as Yemen government forces make gains

800 Al-Qaeda fighters dead as Yemen government forces make gains Marib, Yemen (AFP) April 25, 2016 - Yemeni troops backed by Arab coalition air strikes killed more than 800 members of Al-Qaeda in an attack on a southeastern provincial capital held by the group for the past year, the coalition said Monday. Pro-government forces recaptured an oil terminal as well as the city of Mukalla, which was considered a jihadist stronghold, military sources said. "The operation resulted... in the d ... more

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