Yemen: Al-Qaeda fighters have been forced to abandon their operations and hiding places as a result of being forced out of a large valley in Yemen's southern province of Abyan.

Mohamed al-Naqib of the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council said the army had taken control of the governor's long and steep Omaran valley and was now trying to defuse landmines and explosives to allow people to return to their villages. are working.

"We have driven out all terrorist elements from the valley, forcing them to take refuge in other mountains. They cannot rise again, al-Naqib vowed.

The announcement came a day after the same military forces reported that al-Qaeda militants had been driven out of a key military facility in the Umran Valley, where they were hiding hostages, making explosives-laden vehicles, and were planning deadly attacks on government targets. newly liberated zone.

In a military offensive last week to drive out militants from isolated rural areas in Abyan and Shabwa, southern military forces entered al-Qaeda strongholds in the southern provinces.

Al-Naqib said the army would move into the highland and valley areas in the neighboring Mahfad district in Abyan to pursue al-Qaeda fighters after the demilitarization mission in the Umran Valley is over.

When the terrorists were driven out of Mahfad, he declared, "We will announce the complete liberation of Abyan from al-Qaeda."
After a series of attacks on government forces in southern provinces that resulted in the deaths of dozens of soldiers and kidnapping of civilians and foreign aid workers, ongoing military operations in Abyan and Shabwa were launched early last week.

According to Yemeni officials, al-Qaeda militants planned the attacks and trained suicide bombers at military facilities in valleys like Omaran.

Yemeni journalists and activists called on the population, the press and the outside world to support the ongoing military operations to neutralize the threat posed by terrorist groups.

According to Aden editor Fatehi bin Lazerak, the international community should reject any effort by the Yemeni government, the STC and the coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen to purge the territory of organizations such as al-Qaeda, Houthis and Daesh. should support. Al-Gad.

“The fight against these extremists should have no views, tendencies or political leanings. According to bin Lazerak, al-Qaeda is a threat to society as a whole.

In former al-Qaeda strongholds, he continued, state institutions should be reactivated, and security forces permanently stationed there. He also stressed on the need to plan massive awareness campaigns and generate employment opportunities for the local people.

“A genuine environment should be created to effectively combat terrorism through education, development of job opportunities for youth, and establishment of genuine mechanisms to prevent them from traveling to terrorist hotspots,” he said. Told.

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