Yemen Military Besieges Remote Qaeda Redoubt -- New York Times
DAMASCUS, Syria — Yemeni troops and counterterrorism teams have laid siege to a town in southern Yemen where several dozen Qaeda militants were said to be holed up, in an apparent escalation of the Yemeni government’s campaign against the group, witnesses and officials said.
Thousands of civilians have fled the town of Hawta in recent days, after the government warned them to stay clear of the fighting, witnesses and relief officials said. Local officials said the military was intermittently shelling the town with tanks and artillery and firing on the jihadists from attack helicopters on Monday and Tuesday.
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