Yemen clashes kill 40 al-Qaida militants in south
By AHMED AL-HAJBy AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press?
?A poster of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh lies on the ground as army soldiers and tribesmen loyal to the army gather on a tank in front of the local authority compound in the city of Zinjibar, Yemen after they retook the city from al-Qaida militants, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Airstrikes and clashes intensified in southern Yemen on Wednesday as army troops followed major victories with more pressure on al-Qaida militants holding small towns, according to tribal and military officials. The attacks came a day after Yemeni forces regained control of two major al-Qaida strongholds, Jaar and Zinjibar, which were in the hands of the militants for more than a year. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
A poster of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh lies on the ground as army soldiers and tribesmen loyal to the army gather on a tank in front of the local authority compound in the city of Zinjibar, Yemen after they retook the city from al-Qaida militants, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Airstrikes and clashes intensified in southern Yemen on Wednesday as army troops followed major victories with more pressure on al-Qaida militants holding small towns, according to tribal and military officials. The attacks came a day after Yemeni forces regained control of two major al-Qaida strongholds, Jaar and Zinjibar, which were in the hands of the militants for more than a year. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, an army tank fires at positions of al-Qaida militants near the coastal Yemeni town of Shaqra, Yemen, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Yemen Defense Ministry)
Yemeni army soldiers and tribesmen loyal to the army are seen on a tank in the city of Zinjibar, Yemen, after they retook the city from al-Qaida militants, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Airstrikes and clashes intensified in southern Yemen on Wednesday as army troops followed major victories with more pressure on al-Qaida militants holding small towns, according to tribal and military officials. The attacks came a day after Yemeni forces regained control of two major al-Qaida strongholds, Jaar and Zinjibar, which were in the hands of the militants for more than a year. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
A military vehicle patrols on a street where a building destroyed during fighting with al-Qaida militants in the city of Zinjibar, Yemen, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Airstrikes and clashes intensified in southern Yemen on Wednesday as army troops followed major victories with more pressure on al-Qaida militants holding small towns, according to tribal and military officials. The attacks came a day after Yemeni forces regained control of two major al-Qaida strongholds, Jaar and Zinjibar, which were in the hands of the militants for more than a year. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
SANAA, Yemen SANAA, Yemen (AP) ? Yemen says government troops have killed 40 militants in a push to rout al-Qaida fighters from the last town under militant control in the southern Abyan province.
A Defense Ministry statement says the militants died overnight and early Friday in fighting between the provincial capital of Zinjibar and Shoqra to the east.
The offensive on Shoqra comes just days after Yemeni forces regained control of Zinjibar and the town of Jaar, which have been under al-Qaida's control for more than a year.
A military official says that during the Shoqra fighting, an airstrike hit a home and killed four members of the same family late on Thursday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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