Baku-APA> Al-Qaida militants stormed a police station in Yemen's Red Sea province of al-Hodayda on Saturday, killing at least 10 policemen and seized the district linking the Red Sea port to the central province of Ibb, security sources said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
A group of al-Qaida militants attacked the police station in Jabal Ras district Saturday evening and then seized control of the area, about 226 km east of the capital Sanaa, they said.
On the same day, al-Qaida militants raided a checkpoint run by Shiite Houthi fighters in Radda city in the central province of al- Bayda, killing five Houthis, a tribal source told Xinhua.
Security situation deteriorated in the Arab country since the Shiite Houthi group overran Sanaa after deadly conflicts in Sept.. Taking advantage of the security vacuum, the militants, known locally as Ansar al-Sharia, have been lately launching attacks against the government's security and military forces.
The impoverished Arab country has been gripped by regional al- Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula insurgency since 2009. Terrorist groups, mainly based in southern and eastern provinces, have launched frequent suicide attacks on army and security targets, leaving hundreds of people dead.
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