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Coalition air strikes hit Al Qaida in Yemen
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Aden: Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck Al Qaida positions in Southern Yemen on Saturday, killing several terrorists, as government forces appeared set on a new offensive, military officials said.
Coalition air strikes hit Al Qaida in Yemen
Suspected Daesh terrorists kill cleric in Aden
Published: 16:40 July 23, 2016 
Aden:
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck Al Qaida positions in Southern
Yemen on Saturday, killing several terrorists, as government forces
appeared set on a new offensive, military officials said.
Two air strikes targeted Al Qaida militants gathered on the outskirts of Jaar town in Abyan province, killing and wounding several terrorists, military officials said.
The raids came after several military meetings were held in Aden to discuss plans for a new operation against terrorists in Abyan, they added.
Government forces backed by the Arab coalition had launched an all-out offensive in March against terrorists in South Yemen, recapturing main cities.
But government troops retreated from Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan, after Al Qaida militants struck back.
The government of UN-backed President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi has been using Aden as a temporary capital since it was recaptured from Al Houthi rebels a year ago. The capital Sana’a has been under rebel control since September 2014.
The coalition intervened in March last year when the rebels closed in on Hadi’s refuge in Aden, forcing him to flee to Riyadh. But it has since turned its firepower against Islamists who have posed a serious challenge to Hadi’s authority in the south.
Three months of talks between the government and the Iran-backed Al Houthis rebels in Kuwait have failed to make headway, forcing the host country to issue an ultimatum on Wednesday for the warring parties to reach a deal within 15 days or leave.
Meanwhile, suspected Daesh terrorists killed a Sunni cleric in the centre of Aden on Saturday, a security official said.
A gunman stepped out of a car after dawn and shot dead cleric Ali Abdul Rahman Al Zahri in Mansoura district, as he emerged from a mosque, the official said.
Daesh militants had threatened attacks against clerics they accuse of being pro-government, mainly those who denounce suicide bombings.
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