Almotamar.net, Saba - Sana’a - Two leaders of al-Qaeda have been killed in Abyan province, a security source in the province said on Wednesday. The two terrorists were Aidh al-Shabwani and Awadh Mohammed Saleh al-Shabwani, who have been killed among many other terrorists in the clashes between armed forces and the terrorist organization currently taking place in Abyan, the source said.

The source said that military forces have managed to arrest "Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Dawa'n", one of al-Qaeda members, who is wanted besides others for killing ten soldiers in an ambush in Mukairas, Abyan, on June 6.

"The military forces are keeping on hunting the terrorists of al-Qaeda", the source said, adding that dozens of them have been killed and many others wounded during the combing operations.