The southern armed forces participating in Operation Arrows of the East clashed this evening with members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization east of Mudiyah District in Abyan Governorate, after members of the organization ambushed a military patrol.

An operational source said that elements of the terrorist Al-Qaeda organization infiltrated the south of Wadi Omran, and set up an ambush for a military patrol in the Al-Kasara area, and the heroes of our forces in the patrol and those stationed in the deployment area dealt with them immediately and decisively, during the clash that resulted in the death and injury of a number of elements.

The armed forces and security units participating in Operation East Arrows had, over the past weeks, carried out a series of combing campaigns and pursuit of members of the terrorist Al-Qaeda organization in the highlands, rugged mountain ranges, and remote valleys. They were able to storm new shelter centers that the organization’s members used as gathering points after they were expelled from... Its main strongholds and camps are Wadi Omran.