Almotamar.net - The army troops backed by aircrafts completed on Friday combing the al-Qaeda-stationed sites in Maifa'a region of Shabwa province.

A military source said that the operation led to the killing of five terrorists ,wounding dozens and destroying three cars belonging to the al-Qaeda terrorists, one of them carrying an anti-aircraft machine gun.

The fighters are currently chasing the rest of the terrorist elements who fled to the nearby mountains, the source added.

The military and security troops launched a major offensive on Tuesday aimed at clearing al-Qaida militants from their remaining hideouts in Shabwa and Abyan provinces.