Yemeni government announced here today cleansing of the city of Mukalla, the capital of Hadramaut province of al Qaeda militants. According to the official News agency of Yemen, the Yemeni Vice President General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar has made a phone call to an official at the province Amr bin Ali bin Habrih, who briefed him on the developments in the field, whose some of its areas witnessing military operations against al-Qaeda and citing what is required for clearing Mukalla city of al-Qaeda elements. Lt. Gen. Al-Ahmmar confirmed that the pursuit of al-Qaeda will continue, in line with the directives of the Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, till stability and security prevail and state authority restored, in all areas of the country.
