Yemen says tribesmen kill 10 Shi’ite rebels

Published: January 14, 2010Posted in: World News

DUBAI (Reuters) – Pro-government Yemen tribesmen have killed 10 Shi’ite rebels after they tried to take up positions in homes in a northern town, the interior ministry said Thursday.Fighting has intensified in north Yemen in recent weeks, with both Yemeni and Saudi forces pounding positions of Shi’ite insurgents who have fought central government since 2004, complaining of social, economic and religious marginalization.

Saudi Arabia, a key ally of Yemen, fears that instability in its populous neighbor will allow al Qaeda militants to use safe havens there for attacks on the world’s biggest oil exporter.

The interior ministry said that members of the Shoulan tribe had killed 10 rebels in a barrage of rifle fire, a day after 15 rebels were reported to have been killed in separate clashes with pro-government tribesmen and in Yemeni security operations.

“Tribal groups from the Shoulan rained the infiltrating gangs of destruction with a barrage of rifle fire, killing 10,” the interior ministry said on its website.

Yemen, the poorest Arab country, came to the foreground of U.S.-led efforts to battle Islamist militants after the Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda said it was behind a failed December 25 plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner.

Yemen is also facing separatist activity in the south and fighting al Qaeda militants in several provinces.

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