40 Militants Killed In Yemen Air Strikes

BBC News reports:

Forty militants have been killed in two days of air strikes by Yemeni forces in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen's state news agency Saba says.

Two soldiers were also killed as Yemeni troops retaliated against al-Qaeda militants who stormed army camp.

The unrest is part of widening chaos in Yemen since protests broke out in February against the 33-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.