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| Bombings at Mosque in Yemen Kill at Least 25 | |
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| SANA, Yemen — Bombings at a mosque killed at least 25 people here on Thursday during prayers to commemorate the beginning of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday, Interior Ministry officials said. | |
| Tamim al-Shami, a spokesman for Yemen’s Health Ministry, said that the mosque, in the Al-Bilili neighborhood, was struck by two bombs, one hidden in a shoe and left at the entrance of the mosque, and another consisting of explosives detonated by a suicide bomber who attacked worshipers as they fled the initial blast. | |
| A Yemeni-based affiliate of the Islamic State released a statement later on Thursday saying that one of its members had carried out the bombing. The group has claimed responsibility for a string of recent similar attacks on mosques in Sana, including one this month that killed at least 32 people. | A Yemeni-based affiliate of the Islamic State released a statement later on Thursday saying that one of its members had carried out the bombing. The group has claimed responsibility for a string of recent similar attacks on mosques in Sana, including one this month that killed at least 32 people. |
| The bombings by the Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group that is also known as ISIS or ISIL, have often been seen as efforts to incite a broader sectarian conflict with followers of the Houthis, the Shiite-led rebel movement that has controlled Sana for more than a year. Some of the mosques the group has attacked, including the one on Thursday, were frequented by Houthi supporters, though Yemen’s mosques are generally not segregated by sect. | The bombings by the Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group that is also known as ISIS or ISIL, have often been seen as efforts to incite a broader sectarian conflict with followers of the Houthis, the Shiite-led rebel movement that has controlled Sana for more than a year. Some of the mosques the group has attacked, including the one on Thursday, were frequented by Houthi supporters, though Yemen’s mosques are generally not segregated by sect. |
| The frequency of the attacks has also raised questions about how securely the Houthis control the capital, six months after a Saudi-led military coalition began an offensive to drive them from Sana and other cities. Coalition warplanes have been battering Sana with airstrikes for weeks now, in what is seen as a possible preparation for a ground invasion of the city by allied forces in a province east of the capital. | The frequency of the attacks has also raised questions about how securely the Houthis control the capital, six months after a Saudi-led military coalition began an offensive to drive them from Sana and other cities. Coalition warplanes have been battering Sana with airstrikes for weeks now, in what is seen as a possible preparation for a ground invasion of the city by allied forces in a province east of the capital. |
| The war started in March after the Houthis drove Yemen’s president, Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, into exile in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, alongside a coalition of other Sunni Arab states, began the air offensive against the Houthis to restore Mr. Hadi and his government to power. | The war started in March after the Houthis drove Yemen’s president, Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, into exile in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, alongside a coalition of other Sunni Arab states, began the air offensive against the Houthis to restore Mr. Hadi and his government to power. |