Yemen army says seizes Qaeda bastion in major advance
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Yemen's army recaptured the last al-Qaeda stronghold in restive Abyan province on Friday, officials and residents said, in a major advance in its US-backed offensive to drive militants from towns across the south of the country.
Jubilant residents took to the streets to celebrate the rout of the Islamists from the port town of Shaqra, the third significant base to fall in less than a week, witnesses told Reuters. (Reuters)
