Violent clashes have become more violent between Al-Qaeda and the newly-formed tribal committees backed by the Infantry 111 Brigade in Lawdar district of Abyan governorate, local sources affirmed.
The Defense Ministry stated on Wednesday that dozens of Al-Qaeda militants were killed during the escalation of confrontations, pointing out that Al-Qaeda leaders were killed on Wednesday , pointing Saudi, Pakistani and Somalis nationals were among the killed.
Local sources cited that the chief of the local council of Lawdar, Mohammad Juabol Sheikh, was killed on Wednesday as a result of shells fired by Al-Qaeda militants against Lawdar.
They reitrated that Al-Qaeda targeted the electricty station on Thursday and completely destroyed it, leaving tow tribesmen who were inside the station killed.
The sources affirmed that the public committees managed to detain Ahmed Darawish, a senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Abyan.
Meanwihle, military sources said Yemen President Abud Rabo Mansour Hadi ordered to send military reinforcements to engage in street war with Al-Qaeda militants in governorates of Abyan, Shabwah and Abyan, military sources said on Wednesday.
Security sources had revealed that Al-Qaeda has plans to capture some areas, as well as carrying out some armed operations against vital government facilities, particularly in southern governorates.
Al-Qaeda militants could capture some Yemeni towns in the South following the popular protests that hit most Yemeni governorates in 2011.
Yemeni analysts accused the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides of supporting Al-Qaeda, helping it control Yemeni towns and attempting to provoke turmoil and chaos after forcing him to resign.