DHAKA: Dozens of suspected al-Qaida militants captured a Yemeni army base on Monday in the south-east of the Arabian peninsula country.

A military official said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The militants had taken some military personnel hostage at the base in the city of al-Mukalla, the official said.

BDST: 1920 HRS, SEPT 30, 2013
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