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Report: Two soldiers, six al-Qaida militants die in Yemen attack

By REUTERS

AUGUST 8, 2017 16:46

ADEN - Two soldiers and six suspected al-Qaida attackers were killed and 10 soldiers wounded on Tuesday when a suicide bomber and gunmen tried to storm an army camp in southern Yemen, a local security official said.

Al-Qaida has exploited more than two years of civil war between President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's internationally-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis to try to deepen its influence in Yemen, repeatedly launching bomb and gun attacks on security forces, government officials and compounds.

"This was a terrorist attack and it has been foiled," the official said of the attack in Juhayn, Abyan province.

The Yemeni army has been preparing to deploy across Abyan to try to drive al-Qaida militants out of the province, local officials have said.

Last week, Yemeni forces, backed by US and UAE soldiers, deployed in neighboring Shabwa province where al-Qaida also operates. Local residents and officials said the militants withdrew into the mountains without a fight.

In March, 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing and gun attack by suspected al-Qaida militants on a local government compound in al-Houta, provincial capital of Lahj - another southern province.

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