Government soldier killed in southern Yemen

A Yemeni soldier has been killed in clashes, which erupted after security forces arrested a fighter in southern parts of the country, officials say.

The clashes, between Yemeni soldiers and local fighters, also left a man wounded in the town of Ja'ar in Abyan province late on Saturday, a local official said.

The official claimed that the fighters attacked government buildings and blocked roads on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Yemen has witnessed fierce fighting both in its southern and northern provinces.

Fighters in the south say they have been marginalized politically and economically since unification in 1990, while in the north the fighters known as Houthis say they want more autonomy and an end to what they call the government's discriminatory policies.

The government, however, launched an all-out offensive against them in August, leaving thousands of civilians displaced and scores of others killed.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=110169§ionid=351020206.