Pro-govt forces repel al-Qaeda attack in Yemen

Yemen’s pro-government forces thwarted an attack by militants of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda factions targetting a military installation in the country’s southern province of Abyan on Thursday, a security official 

The official said on condition of anonymity that a unit of the 2nd Brigade of Yemen’s pro-government



forces successfully defended against a “treacherous attack” by al-Qaeda militants in Omran Valley at dawn.

Intense clashes persisted for some three hours, resulting in casualties for the terrorist group, and ultimately forcing them to retreat from the battlefield, the official said, without specifying the number of the casualties.