Yemen says 500 al Qaeda militants killed in military campaign

[daring dude]

(Reuters) - Yemen's army said on Thursday 500 al Qaeda militants had been killed since the military launched an offensive against the group in April.

A total of 40 soldiers were also killed as a result of the military campaign against the group, Colonel Saeed al-Faquih, spokesman for the Yemeni army, told at a news conference.



(Reporting By Mohammed Ghobari; Writing By Maha El Dahan; editing by Sami Aboudi)

 

[l'ingénieur]

This is good to hear. 500 terrorists dead in 2 months is a really good number.