Yemeni army forces arrested on Tuesday six Somali nationals believed to be affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula.
Defense Ministry said that army forces managed on Monday to detain 6 Somali nationals planning to carry out terrorist operations intending to target army and security bases and personnel.

Troops from 39th army brigade arrested six Somalis in the southern restive town of Zinjubar, the provincial capital of Abyan, while they were plotting attacks on the army, according to a short statement posted on the official website of the Defense Ministry.
In the past two months, the army forces have already detained 29 terrorist belonging to the Shabab al-Islam, the Somali al-Qaeda wing, said the statement.
After being arrested, they have been moved to Aden security headquarters for further investigation, the statement added.
The Yemeni and Somali governments talked last month of more than 300 militants of Shabab al-Islam smuggling into Yemen with the aim of reinforcing their fellow Yemeni militants who have been battling army forces since may last year.
Last month, then new Yemeni President Abdul Rabu Mansour Hadi vowed to eradicate the terrorists, but prompted the terrorists to yet intensify
their assaults.