Security services achieve great success in hunting al-Qaeda

MARIB, June 13 (Saba) -
Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri said on Sunday that the security services had
achieved
great success in hunting al-Qaeda elements and were able to eliminate dozens of them.
This came during his field visit to the camps of the 13th Infantry Brigade, Special
Forces and the anti-terrorism forces operating in the province of Marib.
The minister noted that the terrorism is a global scourge, which Yemen was the
first country suffered from it and warned of it, pointing out that Yemen has a
strong resolve
to eliminate this scourge and hunt al-Qaeda elements wherever they are on home soil.
Al-Masri pointed out that Marib is a strategic province and has privacy because of
what it embraces from the national wealth and the strategic investment projects in
fields
of oil, gas and electricity, emphasizing the forces stationing in the province for
more vigilance and readiness to respond to any emergency or sabotage act.
He praised the role of the security and armed forces in hunting al-Qeada elements
and wanted persons, which led to the arresting of a number of them and some of them
on
trial.
Also, al-Masri commended the cooperation of sheikhs and tribal chiefs of Jahm,
al-Ashraf and Abida and their support to the State's efforts in pursuing terrorist
elements
in Marib and convincing some wanted elements to surrender themselves.
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