Yemeni Army Kills 7 al Qaida Fighters

Yemen  Government troops killed an al Qaida commander from Uzbekistan and six other fighters in a battle in south Yemen on Thursday, the third day of a military offensive against the Islamist group, a local military source said.   The Uzbek citizen, known as Abu Muslim al-Uzbeki, died during fighting in the province of Abyan, the source told Reuters. Two days ago, President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi said 70 percent of al Qaida fighters in Yemen were foreigners.   Al Qaida in...

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