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Yemeni Army Officer Is Killed as Clashes With Militants Grow Yemeni Army Officer Is Killed as Clashes With Militants Grow
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ADEN, Yemen — Unidentified gunmen killed an army colonel in his car in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden late Friday, and two soldiers were wounded when a car bomb exploded in another major southern port on Saturday, security officials said.ADEN, Yemen — Unidentified gunmen killed an army colonel in his car in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden late Friday, and two soldiers were wounded when a car bomb exploded in another major southern port on Saturday, security officials said.
The attacks follow dozens of others directed at security targets in Yemen in recent months that have left hundreds dead. The army is conducting a large operation against Islamist militants in the southern provinces of Shabwa and Abyan.The attacks follow dozens of others directed at security targets in Yemen in recent months that have left hundreds dead. The army is conducting a large operation against Islamist militants in the southern provinces of Shabwa and Abyan.
On Saturday, the army seized control of the Mahsad area in Abyan, a militant stronghold, killing four fighters and wounding a number of others, a military official was quoted as saying by the state news agency.On Saturday, the army seized control of the Mahsad area in Abyan, a militant stronghold, killing four fighters and wounding a number of others, a military official was quoted as saying by the state news agency.
Western countries fear that further destabilization in Yemen could give more space to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the local branch of the Islamist militant movement, to plot attacks on international targets. It and its local ally, Ansar al-Shariah, have waged an insurgency in southern Yemen for more than three years, battling both government forces and local tribal militias.Western countries fear that further destabilization in Yemen could give more space to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the local branch of the Islamist militant movement, to plot attacks on international targets. It and its local ally, Ansar al-Shariah, have waged an insurgency in southern Yemen for more than three years, battling both government forces and local tribal militias.
The army officer, Col. Sanad Badr, was shot dead in his car by unknown assailants on a major Aden street late on Friday, a local official said. The army officer, Col. Sanad Badr, was shot dead in his car by unknown assailants in Aden on Friday, a local official said.
Early on Saturday, a car bomb exploded outside an intelligence building in Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt Province in the southeast. Two soldiers and at least one passer-by were wounded in the blast, a security official said. Early on Saturday, a car bomb exploded outside an intelligence building in Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt Province in the southeast. Two soldiers and at least one passer-by were wounded, a security official said.
Government forces, backed by air force jets and allied militias, have fought Islamists in a new offensive in the south since Tuesday. Government forces began a new offensive against the insurgents in the south on Tuesday.
On Saturday, Yemen’s state news agency reported that one of those killed in an early stage of the offensive was Abu Islam al-Shaishani, a Chechen fighter who had a senior role in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.