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![Lebanese Shia cleric Sayyed Ali al-Amine says religious leaders in Arab countries must speak out and issue fatwas prohibiting involvement in the fighting in Syria. [Photo courtesy of Ali al-Amine]](/shared/images/2013/05/17/lebanon-ali-amine-90_58.jpg)
![Boys at a Pakistan-based training camp fire AK-47's in this undated video released by the al-Qaeda affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terror group. [Video frame grab/Liveleak.com]](/shared/images/2013/05/17/cao-pak-children-90_58.jpg)
![Marine artefacts are displayed at Alexandria's Maritime Museum. [Waleed Abu al-Khair/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/05/17/egypt-maritime-museum-90_58.jpg)
![The dome of Imam al-Hadi shrine in Samarra was badly damaged in 2006 in an attack led by an al-Qaeda affiliate, according to Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the national security advisor at the time. [Dia Hamid/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/16/Iraq-shrine-samarra-90_58.jpg)
Tribal forces, fighting alongside the Yemeni army, killed 12 al-Qaeda fighters who attacked the city of Lawder, AFP reported Friday (May 4th).
The militants were killed on Thursday while they attacked the southern entrance to the town in Abyan province.
The forces belong to popular resistance committees and were supported by army artillery as they pushed al-Qaeda back.
Four civilians were also wounded when two mortars fired by al-Qaeda suspects struck the city.
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![A torn poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa on March 5th following days of fierce fighting. [Mohammad al-Hussein/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/19/Syria-assad-raqaa-90_58.jpg)
![An Iraqi man pulls a cart up a hill through Baghdad traffic. [Karim Sahib/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/17/iraq-traffic-jam-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi students of all levels are preparing for their final exams. [Saif Ahmed/Mawtani]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/17/iraq-students-tests-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi security forces learned about this weapons cache from members of an 'Islamic State of Iraq' cell. [Saif Ahmed/Mawtani]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/16/iraq-anbar-cache-90_58.jpg)
![The dome of Imam al-Hadi shrine in Samarra was badly damaged in 2006 in an attack led by an al-Qaeda affiliate, according to Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the national security advisor at the time. [Dia Hamid/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/15/Iraq-shrine-samarra-90_58.jpg)
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