Local Editor
At least 13 forces loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen’s fugitive president, have been killed after al-Qaeda militants blew up explosive-laden vehicles outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla.
Several soldiers were also injured in the Thursday attack on the eastern outskirts of the Hadhramaut provincial capital, which the army recaptured from al-Qaeda last month, a military official said.
According to the official, a third bomber targeted the nearby residence of the commander of Hadhramaut’s second military region, General Faraj Salmeen, who escaped unharmed.
Daesh militants have reportedly claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack in Mukalla.
The terror group said in an online statement that one of its members had blown himself up in a car near Hadi loyalists.
Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadhramaut, fell into al-Qaeda when fighting began two years ago between Hadi forces and Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah revolutionaries.
Saudi Arabia has been supporting al-Qaeda through numerous airdrops of ammunition in areas under the control of the militants, especially in areas where it could launch attacks against Houthis.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
