(CNN) -- At least 37 militants were killed by the
Yemeni military as part of an ongoing series of operations against al
Qaeda, the country's state news agency reported Sunday.
Saba, quoting a military
source, said more than 10 other militants were wounded in the
counterterrorism operations in Shabwa governate.
Recent operations against
suspected terrorists have included attacks by Yemeni commandos and
suspected U.S. drone strikes, a high-level Yemeni government official
told CNN Thursday.
The Yemeni official, who
is being briefed on his nation's ongoing counterterrorism operations,
said the raids were "unprecedented" but acknowledged at the time that
things in Shabwa "aren't going as well."
"It seems like the
militants were ready for the operations," the official said. "Resistance
has been stronger and casualties among Yemeni military have been
higher."
The military sent reinforcements to Ataq, capital of Shabwa, on Sunday, Saba reported.
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