![Yemeni Minister of Legal Affairs Mohammed al-Mekhlafi is working to bring the country's legislative process into line with international conventions. [Faisal Darem/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/05/18/yemen-legal-minister-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi artist Sadik Jaafar's most recent exhibition, 'Harmony of Light', is now showing in Beirut. [Nohad Topalian/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/05/18/iraq-artist-sadek-90_58.jpg)
![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)
Twenty-six al-Qaeda fighters were killed in clashes with the Yemeni army in Abyan province, AFP reported Monday (June 11th).
The Yemeni air force also launched several raids Monday morning on the outskirts of Jaar, targeting the towns of al-Rumaila, Saken and Hesh.
The army took control of an ammunition factory on Jaar's northwestern edge. The factory was one of al-Qaeda's major strongholds in Abyan province. Two soldiers were killed during clashes.
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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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