The Yemeni army earlier said Al Qaeda had launched the attacks on army positions near the town of Shibam, and that 12 soldiers and 19 militants were killed.
The Yemeni army earlier said Al Qaeda had launched the attacks on army positions near the town of Shibam, and that 12 soldiers and 19 militants were killed.
1500 new policemen join duties; officers were trained by Emirati forces who were present in the city to help the local security.
The attack began with a suicide bomber detonating an explosive in his car at the military post, between the towns of Shibam and Al Qatn.
So far, the only overt sign of the group's chemical weapons program has been the apparent use of mustard gas against Iraqi Kurdish fighters and in Syria.
The group's Dabiq magazine featured graphic photos of two bloodied bodies that appeared to be Chinese hostage Fan Jinghui and Norwegian Ole-Johan Grimsgaard-Oftsad.
A plane taking 161 tourists from Poland to Egypt landed in Bulgaria and was being checked for explosives after a passenger said there was a bomb on board, Bulgarian and Polish officials said Thursday.
Brigadier Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Commander of the Royal Guards in the Kingdom of Bahrain, praised the high moral of the officers and servicemen.
The extremist group had previously claimed to have downed the plane, which killed 224 on board, mainly Russian tourists, without offering further details.
The group posted a picture of wreckage in a large plain as well as two others of a small plane on fire with larger military aircraft parked in the background.