Clash flared up between the army and al-Qaeda militants in the southeast Yemeni town of Rada, some 170km southeast of the capital, Sanaa, leaving at least 4 killed.
Al-Qaeda militants coming from Marib province were trying to infiltrate into Rada, and when a military checkpoint stopped them a fierce clash broke out, leaving 3 militants as well as a soldier killed, local military source told Yemen Post.
"The military units who were involved in the clash belong to the Republican Gaurds, which is commanded by President Ali Abdullah Saleh's elder son, Ahmed," the local source said.
Republican Guards units have stopped the terrorists from getting into the town and it managed to kill 3 of them and burn their vehicles, which was loaded with weapons, Yemeni Defense website reported.
Al-Qaeda took control of the entire town early this month, and it pulled out its militants following a tribal and military mediation.
Yemen-based al-Qaeda has strengthened its foothold especially in the southern provinces of the country, apparently taking an advantage of a distracted government.
Massive popular protests calling for an end to the autocratic rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh combined with al-Qaeda anarchy in the south, Shiite insurgency in the far north and increasing calls for separation has shaken Yemen to the bone, leaving thousands killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse and triggering a catastrophic humanitarian disaster.
Yemeni outgoing President Saleh has signed a deal under which he relinquished power to Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, the consensus candidate for the upcoming early presidential elections.
Saleh has left Yemen for USA to receive further medical treatment for wounds and burns sustained in an assassination attempt in June last year and he most likely would never come back.
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