Yemen: Militants capture another city in south

Sanaa, 15 Nov. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen have captured the town of Al-Khoud in the southern Abyan province, according to news reports.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the local branch of the terrorist group, resisted bombing since Monday afternoon by the Yemeni airforce, Xinhua news agency reported, citing unnamed sources.

Al-Khoud is the latest town to fall into militant hands following the capture of numerous other cities and town in Yemen's south.

About 12,000 insurgents fight for AQAP in in Yemen. The force has benefited from the government's entanglements with a popular uprising and an armed separatist movement.