500 al-Qaeda militants killed in five-week offensive

Yemeni forces have killed 500 suspected al-Qaeda militants in an all-out offensive against them in their southern strongholds that began on April 29, the army spokesman said on Thursday.

Yemeni forces have killed 500 suspected al-Qaeda militants in an all-out offensive against them in their southern strongholds that began on April 29, the army spokesman said on Thursday.

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Forty soldiers were killed and another 100 wounded in the operation in the provinces of Shabwa and Abyan, in which 39 militants were captured, Colonel Saeed al-Fakeih told reporters.