13 al-Qaida militants die in Yemen clashes![]() May 16, 2012 - 15:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yemen military officials say the latest fighting to uproot al-Qaida from the country's south has killed 13 militants, as well as four soldiers and two militiamen fighting alongside the army. According to AP, the officials say the 13 al-Qaida fighters died Wednesday, May 16 as they tried to recapture a strategic hilltop overlooking the town of Lawder in Abyan province from where they were driven out a day earlier. The two militiamen died in that battle. Meanwhile, a military hospital official says four soldiers died in fighting in the provincial capital Zinjibar. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. Yemeni officials say U.S. troops are for the first time helping direct a four-front assault on al-Qaida strongholds launched Tuesday. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |