American officials say US Special forces and Yemeni troops have rescued eight hostages, who were being held in a remote part of eastern Yemen by Al Qaeda's affiliate in the region.
The freed captives - six Yemeni citizens, a Saudi and an Ethiopian - were unharmed, but seven of the militants were killed.
Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington.
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