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Yemen conflict: Twin suicide bombings hit Aden base | Yemen conflict: Twin suicide bombings hit Aden base |
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At least 10 Yemeni soldiers have been killed in a twin suicide car bomb attack on a security facility near Aden's airport, security sources say. | At least 10 Yemeni soldiers have been killed in a twin suicide car bomb attack on a security facility near Aden's airport, security sources say. |
Gunmen also stormed the Central Security headquarters in Khormaksar district of the southern port city, sparking fierce clashes. | Gunmen also stormed the Central Security headquarters in Khormaksar district of the southern port city, sparking fierce clashes. |
No group has said it was responsible, but Islamic State and al-Qaeda have carried out similar attacks before. | No group has said it was responsible, but Islamic State and al-Qaeda have carried out similar attacks before. |
Aden is serving as the home of Yemen's government. | Aden is serving as the home of Yemen's government. |
Pro-government forces and troops from a Saudi-led multinational coalition forces are seeking to retake the capital, Sanaa, from Houthi rebels. | Pro-government forces and troops from a Saudi-led multinational coalition forces are seeking to retake the capital, Sanaa, from Houthi rebels. |
They regained control of Aden last summer, but they have struggled to secure it. | They regained control of Aden last summer, but they have struggled to secure it. |
About two dozen militants were involved in Wednesday's attack in Khormaksar, which acts as a bridge between the mainland and a peninsula where much of Aden lies and is the location of the city's international airport. | |
The attackers, who were reportedly wearing military uniforms, stormed the Central Security base in the morning after setting off a car bomb at its entrance then detonating another inside, a security source told the AFP news agency. | |
The military sent reinforcements to the scene, where they traded rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire with the militants. | |
By Wednesday afternoon the troops had regained control of the base after killing several of the militants, commander Gen Nasser Sarie told AFP. | |
In May, at least 40 people, most of them army recruits, were killed in two bomb attacks in Aden that were claimed by IS. | In May, at least 40 people, most of them army recruits, were killed in two bomb attacks in Aden that were claimed by IS. |
The jihadist group was also behind three bomb attacks on pro-government forces on 27 June in the eastern port city of Mukalla that killed 38 people. | The jihadist group was also behind three bomb attacks on pro-government forces on 27 June in the eastern port city of Mukalla that killed 38 people. |
At least 6,400 people, half of them civilians, have been killed and almost three million others have been displaced since March 2015, when the Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign to defeat the Houthis. | At least 6,400 people, half of them civilians, have been killed and almost three million others have been displaced since March 2015, when the Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign to defeat the Houthis. |
The conflict has also pushed the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine and left 82% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance. | The conflict has also pushed the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine and left 82% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance. |
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