(AFP) At least 29 people were killed in heavy fighting Saturday between the army and suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s southern province of Lahij, almost double an earlier toll, officials said.
An official in the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Jaar, southeast of Lahij, said that 12 militants were also killed.
Earlier, a military official said the clashes had left 15 people dead, including seven soldiers and eight militants.
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