Members of the Yemeni Parliament have called to adopt a counterterrorism strategy, condemning the killing of about 25 soldiers in Muklah on Saturday.
Al-Qaeda-suspect suicide bomber exploded himself at the presidential palace gate of Mukla, hours after the newly-elected Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi took the oath as a new president of Yemen on Saturday.
Nabil Al-Basha, a lawmaker, pointed out that foreign interventions in combating Al-Qaeda fueled Al-Qaeda and make it gain tribal sympathy in some areas, citing the expansion of Al-Qaea in Abyan that was frequently subjected to attacks of US drones.
"This strategy should be absolutely Yemeni and free of any external agendas" he suggested. This suggestion was applauded by the Yemeni lawmakers.
News reports said the Yemeni army heavily launched on Sunday Al-Qaeda suspects in Zinjibar of Abyan governorate, pointing out that several al-Qaeda militants were left killed and wounded.
In the Lawder town , the military could arrest four al-Qaeda suspects at a checkpoint bordering Baidha governorate, the sources affirmed.
This came after Hadi said in his speech before parliament on Saturday that the fight of Al-Qaeda is a national and religious duty, vowing in a televised speech to defeat an emboldened al-Qaida group.
The former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been a close ally of Washington against terrorism. However, his critics say he used to exploit Al-Qaeda to blackmail some states and have financial assistance.
Despite U.S. drone attacks have killed al-Qaida operatives, including high-ranking leaders such as the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, Al-Qaeda still existed in some rugged mountain strongholds.
Last month, Al-Qaeda militants took over the northern town of Rada'a, but they withdraw after a tribal mediation managed to persuade them to withdraw in return for releasing some imprisoned Al-Qaeda operatives from the authorities' jails.