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| Yemen suicide bombing in Sanaa mosque 'kills 12' | |
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| A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, has killed at least 12 people, security sources say. | |
| The blast took place at the al-Balili mosque during prayers for the Eid al-Adha holiday. | The blast took place at the al-Balili mosque during prayers for the Eid al-Adha holiday. |
| It comes two days after Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi returned to the southern city of Aden from exile in Saudi Arabia. | It comes two days after Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi returned to the southern city of Aden from exile in Saudi Arabia. |
| He had fled in March following gains by Houthi rebels, who have since been targeted by a Saudi-led coalition. | He had fled in March following gains by Houthi rebels, who have since been targeted by a Saudi-led coalition. |
| The coalition, along with loyalist forces, have pushed back the Houthis from some areas, including Aden. | |
| However the Houthis - Shia Muslim rebels from the north of the country - still control the capital. | |
| The Balili mosque is close to a police academy in Sanaa. Many people are also reported injured in the explosion. | |
| Sanaa has been hit by a series of bomb attacks, many of them claimed by the so-called Islamic State militant group, which follows its own extreme version of Sunni Islam. | |
| No-one has yet said they carried out the latest attack. | |
| Eid al-Adha - the festival of sacrifice - is celebrated by Muslims worldwide. | |
| It honours the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of submission to God's will. | |
| Why is there fighting in Yemen? | |
| The war the world forgot? | |
| Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe | |
| Who is fighting whom? | |
| Meeting the Houthis and their enemies |