The Yemeni military forces killed on Thursday six militants of al-Qaeda elements in Zonjobar district of Abyan province. An official in the nearby town of Jear said that army fired al-Qaeda site by rockets and killed six of al-Qaeda elements.
He added that al-Qaeda elements were hidden in a house which was destroyed completely by rockets. Among the dead elements of al-Qaeda three foreigners one of them is Saudi and two Algerians.
A military official said that five soldiers of Yemeni army were wounded in clashes in the city of Zonjobar, and they were taken to a military hospital in Aden.
About 270 soldiers of the Yemeni army and 400 gunmen of al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in clashes between gunmen belong to Al-Sharia Supporters" al Qaeda-linked militants and the Yemeni army since May 2011.