Yemen says regains ministry compound, kills 11 militants

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Yemen's Defense Ministry said on Friday it had regained full control of its Sanaa military compound a day after a militant attack that killed 52 people, and an al Qaeda-affiliated group claimed responsibility for the assault. Troops killed 11 militants in the violence triggered by a suicide bomber and gunmen wearing army uniforms, the ministry said. The interim Yemeni government is fighting southern secessionists and northern rebels in addition to al Qaeda-linked militants, who are seeking to overthrow the government and impose their version of Islamic law. A Defense Ministry statement said three of the militants were killed at the compound's gate, three inside the premises after they had killed the foreign medics in a hospital there, while five others were pursued and killed later on Thursday.

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