Yemeni security forces killed an Al-Qaeda leader in the province of Lahj during a raid on Tuesday (January 31st), AFP reported.
Ammar Qaid, known as al-Qaeda's "emir" in Lahj, was killed in an exchange of fire with "counter-terrorism" forces after refusing to surrender, said provincial police chief Saleh Sayed.
The raid in the provincial capital Huta was carried out as part of a vast operation backed by the coalition against al-Qaeda in Aden, Abyan and Lahj in southwestern Yemen.
In southern Hadramaut, meanwhile, suspected al-Qaeda militants shot dead policeman Ali al-Bekri on Monday night in the town of Qotn before fleeing, a security source said.
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