[ADN Kronos] Police have arrested a total of 31 suspected terrorists in an operation that began on Sunday in the southern coastal Abyan governorate of Yemen, against local Al-Qaeda cells, a senior police official told the Arabic-language daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Many of the suspects were detained in the Jiaar district. "This is an important result, because we captured 31 out of 40 suspects we believe are operating in the area," said the local head of police, Ahmad al-Maisari, quoted by the daily. "We will continue with our efforts to capture the suspects who are still at large," he said.The police operation targeted two jihadist groups believed to be operating in the area: Jamaat al-Jihad and The Army of Aden.
Last I heard, the Islamic Army of Aden had been subsumed into AQY. I'm guessing Jamaat al-Jihad is another branch of the same organization.
Eight policemen were injured in gunfights with militants during the operation, according to the Yemeni authorities. Some independent analysts claim nine policemen were killed during clashes in which heavy weapons and helicopters were deployed to flush the suspected militants out of their hideouts.