Yemeni air forces on Saturday night carried out two airstrikes against al-Qaida sites in the southeastern province of Shabwa, causing no casualties, a security official said, Xinhua reported."The Yemeni warplanes started pounding suspected al-Qaida positions in the Asaed district, 40 kilometres southwest of Ataq, the provincial capital of Shabwa, from 9:00 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Saturday night for one hour," the local security official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The warplanes also raided a suspected training camp of the al- Qaida terrorist group in the region, the official said, without giving further details about casualties. The al-Qaida militants in the targeted sites were preparing to carry out armed attacks against Shabwa's provincial capital, the official added.