MUKALLA: Yemeni government forces backed by coalition seized an Al-Qaeda training camp in the southeastern province of Hadramawt Saturday along with “large amounts” of weapons, its governor told AFP.
It comes during an offensive launched last month to recapture areas in the south overrun by Al-Qaeda and which on Sunday saw loyalist forces recapture Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla, which the jihadists had occupied for a year.
“The offensive is continuing in Qoton to hunt down Al-Qaeda militants,” said Hadramawt governor Major General Ahmed bin Braik, referring to a town north of Mukalla.
Braik said government forces overran an Al-Qaeda training camp in the town where they “confiscated large amounts of weapons” and “arrested eight Al-Qaeda militants”. “Mukalla is now a safe city,” Braik added.
