World News | In Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda fighters clash with pro-government forces, killing 3

SANAA, June 11 (AP) — Three people were killed in clashes between suspected al-Qaeda militants and pro-government forces in Yemen’s south Saturday, a military official and tribal leader said.

Two tribal leaders and a military official said the fighting erupted on Saturday night when militants believed to be members of al-Qaeda machine-gunned a United Arab Emirates-backed group near the town of Musnaiya in the southern province of Shabwa. Shabwa Defense Forces. The three spoke on condition of anonymity.

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The gun battle in the oil-rich province lasted several hours, killing two Shabwa IDF fighters and a militant before the militants retreated, they said.

Yemen’s devastating civil war began in 2014 when Iran-backed Houthi rebels overran the capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, forcing the government into exile. A Saudi-led coalition that included the United Arab Emirates intervened in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognized government to power.

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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also known as AQAP, is active in several regions of war-torn Yemen, including Shabwa and other remote provinces, and is considered one of the more dangerous offshoots of the terror network.

Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, a prominent al-Qaeda operative, was killed in a suspected US drone strike in February.

Amid years of chaos and conflict, the militant group has consolidated a strong foothold in some parts of the country, particularly in the Arab nation’s far east and south.

The conflict in Yemen has killed more than 150,000 people, including more than 14,500 civilians, creating one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.

Fighting has been quiet since a six-month ceasefire was agreed in April 2022. The ceasefire expires in October 2022, but secret talks between Saudi and Houthi officials have been going on for months. (Associated Press)

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