Forty-four people, including 14 soldiers, were killed in clashes with Al-Qaeda militants who attacked an army barracks in Yemen’s restive south on Monday, a military official told AFP. “Forty-four people, including 14 soldiers among them an officer, were killed” in the clashes between the army — backed by tribesmen — and Al-Qaeda, in the town of Loder, Abyan province, the source said.
