Al-Qaida captures government-controlled Yemeni town
Yemen's al-Qaida affiliate overran a government-controlled town and killed a top militia leader at a checkpoint there on Wednesday, security officials said.
The militants shot and killed Ali al-Sayed, the deputy commander of pro-government forces in the town of Jaar, in the southern Abyan province, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
