34 suspected Qaeda men killed

A Yemeni airstrike killed 30 al Qaeda militants planning an attack on Yemeni and foreign oil targets, a security official said on Thursday.

A Yemeni airstrike killed 30 al Qaeda militants planning an attack on Yemeni and foreign oil targets, a security official said on Thursday.

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The airstrikes were in the eastern province of Shabwa and included two top al Qaeda members in the Arabian peninsula, said the official, who asked not to be identified. The attacks took place as the militants were gathered for a meeting, he said.

Yemen, which has intensified its campaign against Al Qaeda militants over recent weeks, is also facing a Shi'ite rebellion in the north and a secessionist violence in the south.