Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said his government would
need to track down the sources of funding, identify Islamic clerics who
propagated extremist views and create jobs for the country's young
population. (AFP)
By AL ARABIYA WITH REUTERS
The Yemeni forces were able to
regain control of al-Qaeda’s strongholds in southern Yemen and other
regions, Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi told Al Arabiya on
Thursday.
“The Yemeni police and army
forces were able to kick al-Qaeda militants from the regions that they
used to control. They have fled to some mountainous areas,” he Qirbi
said.
“It is not over yet. Our forces
will continue to chase those operatives,” he told Al Arabiya on the
sidelines of an anti-piracy conference in Dubai.
Meanwhile, he told Reuters in
separate statements that some al-Qaeda-linked militants may have fled to
neighboring states, including Oman, after being driven out of their
strongholds in cities in southern Yemen.
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