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| Yemen suicide bomb kills dozens during payday gathering | Yemen suicide bomb kills dozens during payday gathering |
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| A suicide bomber has killed at least 35 soldiers and wounded dozens at an army base in southern Yemen, officials say. | |
| The attack happened while soldiers had gathered to receive their salaries at a barracks in the city of Aden, which is controlled by pro-government forces. | The attack happened while soldiers had gathered to receive their salaries at a barracks in the city of Aden, which is controlled by pro-government forces. |
| Some estimates put the death toll as high as 40, with as many as 70 injured. | Some estimates put the death toll as high as 40, with as many as 70 injured. |
| No-one has yet said they carried out the attack, but the city has previously been targeted by jihadist groups in the region. | No-one has yet said they carried out the attack, but the city has previously been targeted by jihadist groups in the region. |
| In August, a suicide attack claimed by IS killed at least 60 people in the city. | In August, a suicide attack claimed by IS killed at least 60 people in the city. |
| Yemen has been in constant conflict since March 2015, as forces allied to the exiled President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, clash with the Houthi rebel movement. | Yemen has been in constant conflict since March 2015, as forces allied to the exiled President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, clash with the Houthi rebel movement. |
| Jihadist groups such as the so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda have taken advantage of the conflict to carve out areas of control in the south of Yemen. | Jihadist groups such as the so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda have taken advantage of the conflict to carve out areas of control in the south of Yemen. |
| The scale of the humanitarian crisis is enormous - more than three million people have left their homes, and more than half the country's population does not have a secure source of food. | The scale of the humanitarian crisis is enormous - more than three million people have left their homes, and more than half the country's population does not have a secure source of food. |
| Pro-government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, took control of Aden in the summer of 2015. | Pro-government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, took control of Aden in the summer of 2015. |
| Since then, it has suffered a string of bombings which have killed up to several dozen at once. | Since then, it has suffered a string of bombings which have killed up to several dozen at once. |
| The United Nations estimates that 7,270 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the conflict began. | The United Nations estimates that 7,270 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the conflict began. |