Al-Qaeda elements who have escaped from security pursue in Abyan province are now sheltering at Radfan-and-Dhale mountains, almotamar.net reported on Wednesday citing local sources in Dhale province.
The sources were quoted as saying that these elements escaped from several provinces after air strikes intensified against them killing and wounding scores of them.
In recent months, Yemen intensified the war against terrorism, launching several raids in the north and south killing, wounding and arresting dozens of Al-Qaeda suspects, some of whom had planned to attack vital domestic and foreign interests in the country.
More recently, two al-Qaeda leaders were killed in a terror raid on their hideout in Abyan province, with authorities saying the preemptive operation took place while the two were preparing to attack vital economic and military facilities.
Radfan and Dhale mautains are located in the southern provinces of Dhale and Lahj, worst hit by rioting amid separation bids and slogans led by the secessionist movement in the south.
In recent months, the government has taken several tough measures in the two areas including security cordons and cutting mobile phone cervices amid search for outlaws and terrorists responsible for murders and rioting as the situation deepens in the south.