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YEMENI soldiers killed 15 al-Qaida fighters in fierce fighting during a major attack targeting army, security and government buildings in the southern city of Sayoun overnight on Saturday.
The Defence Ministry said yesterday that the army foiled the attack and now completely controlled Sayoun in Hadramawt province.
It said the fighting killed 10 soldiers and wounded others.
The attack struck an army headquarters, the central security headquarters, the Central Bank building, the traffic police department, the post office and the agricultural bank.
The attackers, however, failed in attempts to storm the army command and the security headquarters.
Officials said the attackers used car bombs at the beginning of their assault.
They said Jalal Baliedy led the attack with dozens of fighters who entered the city from different directions and identified Mr Baliedy as an al-Qaida leader from Zanzibar who leads an al-Qaida group called The Hungry Lions.
