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May 24, 2012
SANAA— Yemen says its
troops have killed 35 al-Qaida militants in an attack on a hideout in the
country's south, part of a wider offensive.
The attack comes four days after
al-Qaida claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a military parade
rehearsal in the capital, Sanaa. The bombing killed 96 Yemeni soldiers.
Funerals for 67 of the soldiers were held on Thursday.
The Defense Ministry said Thursday
that in its attack, the Yemeni military took control of Wadi Banaa Arab, near
the town of Jaar, another al-Qaida stronghold.
For several weeks, Yemen's military
has been pushing an offensive against al-Qaida, aiming to uproot the militants
from territory they overran during more than a year of internal political
turmoil in Yemen. Casualties have been high on both sides.
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