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April 19, 2012
REUTERS
ADEN: At least seven Islamist militants were killed near the southern
Yemeni city of Lawdar on Thursday in clashes between government forces and an
al Qaeda-linked group, a local official told Reuters.
The impoverished country slipped into a state of chaos after the
outbreak of protests a little over a year ago that culminated in the ousting of
former president Ali Abdullah Saleh under a deal brokered by Yemen's rich Gulf
neighbors.
A defense ministry news service said in a text message that four of the
militants, members of Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law), were Somalis.
More than 200 people have been killed since government forces stepped up
attacks on the militants whom it accused of assaulting a military camp near
Lawdar last week.
Exploiting weakened central government control, Islamist insurgents have
taken control of a number of cities in the territory which is close to key
shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
Yemen's new president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, is facing challenges from
Shi'ite Muslim rebels in the north and secessionists in the south.
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