Yemeni air raids against two suspected Al-Qaida strongholds in a southern province on Monday are reported to have killed a local chief of the jehadi outfit.
Yemeni fighter jets carried out three air strikes in Modia district of the southern Abyan province that has seen an escalation in violence between southern separatists and government forces in recent weeks.
"The site is located at an area called al-Hamra Jabal Dhraa Jiza al-Ghannam at the district of Modia," the al-Motamar website quoted local sources there as saying, adding that "the area has recently witnessed a noticeable activity from al-Qaeda militants, which was detected by Yemeni security apparatuses."
Yemeni authorities have intensified their campaign against the country's Al-Qaida branch after it claimed a botched Christmas Day bid to blow up a U.S. passenger airliner over Detroit.
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June 12, 2026 17:14 ET Major central bank action was the focus this week in economic news. The European Central Bank became the first major central bank to move in response to the rising inflationary pressures in the backdrop of the conflict in the Middle East. In North America, the U.S. inflation and trade data as well as Canada’s central bank decision gained attention. The Chinese trade data was the main news in Asia.