Yemen clashes kill 10 soldiers, 13 'Qaeda'

ADEN: Clashes that followed two simultaneous attacks by Al-Qaeda suspects on army positions in Yemen´s southern province of Shabwa killed 10 soldiers and 13 jihadists on Wednesday, the army said.

"The Yemeni air force is participating in the battles, bombing columns of Al-Qaeda vehicles trying to advance towards Azzan," the Shabwa city that the army said it retook on Thursday last week.

The military´s losses included General Mohsen Saeed al-Ghazali, an aide to Yemen´s defence minister who was killed in one of the two attacks in Azzan and neighbouring Jul al-Rida, a military official said.