SANAA: Armed tribesmen and Al-Qaeda militants killed 13 soldiers and captured dozens of others in separate attacks in eastern Yemen on Friday, security and tribal sources said. "Al-Qaeda...
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April 22, 2011
SANAA: Armed tribesmen and Al-Qaeda militants killed 13 soldiers and captured dozens of others in separate attacks in eastern Yemen on Friday, security and tribal sources said.
"Al-Qaeda militants ambushed a military patrol in Marib near Safer (oil fields) killing 11 soldiers," a security official in Sanaa said.
Also in Marib, two soldiers were killed, two wounded and 30 taken prisoner in a clash with tribesmen, said another security official and a tribal source. Six tribesmen were also wounded. (AFP)