In Yemen, security forces have killed an Al-Qaeda leader in the province of Lahj during a raid today. According to the provincial police chief Saleh Sayed, Al-Qaeda's emir Ammar Qaid was killed in an exchange of fire with counter-terrorism forces after refusing to surrender. The raid in the provincial capital Huta was carried out as part of a vast operation backed by an Arab military coalition against the militants in Aden, Abyan and Lahj of southwestern Yemen. <br/>