Al-Qaeda turns  vocational Institute into a training camp in Shabwa

SHABWA, April 2 (YPA) – Tribes of Yemen southern province of  Shabwa  prepare to clash with armed elements suspected belonging to al-Qaeda, locale source told Yemen Press Agency.

Shabwa tribes are mobilizing their men to liberate one of their members, who Al-Qaeda elements imprisoned  in Naqoub prison run by them, the source added.

As part of these preparations to confront al-Qaeda in Shabwa, which had seized earlier the institute vocational in Bihan district, the tribes of Almaraha  set up a checkpoint in the area of Rama on the highway leading to Atak, the city capital of Shabwa province, he said.

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