Al-Qaeda militants claimed to have seized an army camp in southern Yemen Thursday following clashes that killed at least seven people, a local government official said.
Tribal sources said the militants seized “dozens” of soldiers and took their weapons, but freed them following tribal negotiation. The tribes are demanding al-Qaeda to return the weapons.
Ansar al-Sharia, the main arm of al-Qaeda in Yemen, claimed the attack in a statement on Twitter, accusing troops at the camp of links to the Shiite Houthi militia controlling the capital.
