Several al-Qaeda militants Killed In Lahj

LAHJ, April 26 (YPA) – Several of al-Qaeda militants were killed on Wednesday by Yemen army fires in Lahj province, a military official told Yemen Press Agency.

The army launched an offensive against coalition-backed militias’ sites in Karish front, killing three al-Qaeda militiamen belonging to Al-Kood area in Abyan province.

The militias’corpses still in mountains, and the coalition troops couldn’t get their bodies back, because the army laid a siege to the area, the official added.

This operation came after killing the security belt forces’ commander, Nasser Al-Radfani, in Hamala area of Karish district.

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