SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Yemeni military says it has wrested control of a southern town from al-Qaida fighters after three days of clashes that killed 17 people.
Military officials say 12 al-Qaida fighters were killed and five soldiers and members of local tribes fighting alongside the army died in the clashes. Local militiamen had joined the military offensive to push al-Qaida out of the mountainous al-Maraksha in Abyan province.
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