Separatists in Yemen said they have taken control of an important Al-Qaeda base in the country’s Abyan province, according to a report on Sunday. Mohammad Al-Naqeeb, a spokesperson for the Southern Transitional Council (STC), said the site was located in Mudiyah district. Al-Qaeda militants carried out attacks in Abyan’s capital of Zinjibar from the base, Al-Naqeeb was cited as saying by Turkish news agency Anadolu. Two STC fighters – one of them a senior commander – were killed in the effort to capture the site. Al-Qaeda militants previously killed at least 22 fighters from the UAE-trained Se…