Forces loyal to internationally recognized government reported that they had repelled an attack by armed men affiliated to Al-Qaeda in the country’s south that left nine people dead on both sides.
Commander of The targeted brigade, acknowledge in a press release that his forces managed on Tuesday to foil a large-scale terrorist attack launched this morning by members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization against the headquarters of the government complex... in Abyan province, and that the attackers detonated two car bombs, before infiltrating the compound where they were confronted.
Five suicide bombers wearing explosive belts” were killed along with four soldiers from government forces. A medical source in Abyan confirmed the deaths of the four soldiers to AFP and reported 15 people wounded.
Yemen’s internationally recognized government established itself in the southern city of Aden after Iran-backed Houthi rebels drove them out of the capital Sanaa in 2014.
Washington once regarded the group, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), as the militant network’s most dangerous branch.