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Liputan6.com, Sanaa: Yemen Air Force has conducted attacks on a suspected training camp of al-Qaeda in southern Yemen, Monday (15 / 3). The attack carried out one day after an air strike in the same area killed two senior insurgents.

"Air Force has conducted attacks on training camps of al-Qaeda in Moudia district in the province of Abyan," said a brief statement from the Ministry of Defense Yemen. The Ministry did not say whether anyone was killed or injured in the second attack.

Previously it was reported that an air strike Sunday night against "terrorist cells" in the area Moudia killed two senior members of al-Qaeda. "Our air force has conducted attacks against the terrorist elements are planning attacks on vital installations, two al-Qaeda leaders have been killed," said a statement on the Ministry of Defense.

Yemen has increased operations against al-Qaeda branch in Yemen, which claimed responsibility for explosions efforts passenger aircraft in the United States that ultimately failed in 2009 and at Christmas. In February, security forces have also arrested three people suspected members of al-Qaeda and killed seven of its leaders, including important commanders in Yemen group, Qaseem Al-Rimi, and Mehdar Abdullah, a leader of al-Qaeda in the province of Shabwa.

U.S. reportedly has supplied Yemen with intelligence data and other assistance in the operations against al-Qaeda. But U.S. President Barack Obama says he has no intention to send troops to Yemen, in the fight against terrorists. (Job)