Al-Qaeda kill 4 Yemeni soldiers

Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and 15 others wounded yesterday as the military advanced on a southern Yemeni city held by suspected al-Qaeda militants, a military official said.
The fierce fighting erupted early yesterday morning on the outskirts of Zinjibar, the capital of the restive southern Abyan province.
Meanwhile, residents said that gunmen were seen fleeing Zinjibar to the neighbouring province of Shabwa, another al-Qaeda stronghold.
The clashes came just a day after the Yemeni airforce struck a mosque and a hospital in the nearby town of Jaar, killing at least seven civilians and an unknown number of al-Qaeda operatives.