(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A military official said unknown assailants targeted an army convoy on Sunday in Marib, east of the Yemeni capital of Sana'a.
The militants also confiscated two vehicles, the official added, without providing further details.
"The attack was led by Aaed al-Shabwani, the most prominent wanted al-Qaeda leader in Marib," a tribal source said.
Some reports also said that the militants seized “a large quantity of heavy weapons.”
The attack came as the country's embattled president is facing mounting pressure from anti-government protesters to step down after 32 years in power.
Yemen's ruling party and its leader President Ali Abdullah Saleh will hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the political crisis in the country.
"I could leave power ... even in a few hours, on condition of maintaining respect and prestige," Saleh said in a televised interview late on Saturday.
"I have to take the country to safe shores ... I'm holding on to power in order to hand it over peaceably."
Since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations mid-February, nearly 100 protesters have been killed and many others injured during clashes with security forces and supporters of Saleh.
Violence intensified last week when the president ordered snipers to fire on peaceful protesters. The massacre, which led to the death of 52 people, has sparked the resignation of a number of ministers and high-ranking officials, who later joined the anti-government protesters.
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