While the country was shaken for several weeks by a wave of anti-government protests, negotiations on a transition of power in Yemen were suspended and should not resume immediately, said Sunday, March 27 an employee of General Ali Mohsen, who was ranked in the camp of opponents of President Ali Abdallah Saleh.
Asked if he expected a resumption of talks, he replied: "At the moment, absolutely not." Violent clashes erupted Sunday, March 27 Yemeni army to alleged members of Al Qaeda who have managed to take control of Jaar, a city of the Abyan province (south), a stronghold of the extremist network.
"There is no more presence of local authorities Jaar where fighters of al-Qaida have seized public buildings, including a regional radio and a fire station" located at the side of a mountain, out of the city, said an official security services. The clashes left one person dead and one seriously injured.
Earlier in the day, armed Islamists took control of a police station and set five checkpoints at the entrance of Jaar, had said witnesses and police sources. "These are members of al-Qaida," said a source within the security services. The gunmen called "the military to lay down their arms to let them go in peace" in a leaflet distributed in Jaar and signed "Your brothers the Mujahideen." A Batige, 10 km, about thirty suspected members of Al Qaeda, armed and wearing balaclavas, broke into an ammunition factory, residents said.
The gunmen neutralized the guards of the factory, then they have seized a stock of ammunition cases they have taken on board more than four vehicles. An official of the intelligence services in the province of Abyan has merely indicated that "the munitions factory has fallen into the hands of al-Qaida." Elsewhere in the province of Marib, east of Sanaa, six Yemeni soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack attributed to Al Qaeda.
The Yemeni authorities are engaged in a struggle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), formed by an amalgamation of Yemeni and Saudi branches of Osama bin Laden, active in southern and eastern Yemen. 
Asked if he expected a resumption of talks, he replied: "At the moment, absolutely not." Violent clashes erupted Sunday, March 27 Yemeni army to alleged members of Al Qaeda who have managed to take control of Jaar, a city of the Abyan province (south), a stronghold of the extremist network.
"There is no more presence of local authorities Jaar where fighters of al-Qaida have seized public buildings, including a regional radio and a fire station" located at the side of a mountain, out of the city, said an official security services. The clashes left one person dead and one seriously injured.
Earlier in the day, armed Islamists took control of a police station and set five checkpoints at the entrance of Jaar, had said witnesses and police sources. "These are members of al-Qaida," said a source within the security services. The gunmen called "the military to lay down their arms to let them go in peace" in a leaflet distributed in Jaar and signed "Your brothers the Mujahideen." A Batige, 10 km, about thirty suspected members of Al Qaeda, armed and wearing balaclavas, broke into an ammunition factory, residents said.
The gunmen neutralized the guards of the factory, then they have seized a stock of ammunition cases they have taken on board more than four vehicles. An official of the intelligence services in the province of Abyan has merely indicated that "the munitions factory has fallen into the hands of al-Qaida." Elsewhere in the province of Marib, east of Sanaa, six Yemeni soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack attributed to Al Qaeda.
The Yemeni authorities are engaged in a struggle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), formed by an amalgamation of Yemeni and Saudi branches of Osama bin Laden, active in southern and eastern Yemen.
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