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| Yemen attack on military checkpoint 'kills 20 soldiers' | |
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| Twenty Yemeni soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in eastern Yemen, reports say. | |
| Yemen's state-run Saba news agency says the attack took place in the province of Hadramawt. | |
| Security sources earlier said eight had died and six were wounded in an attack that one source attributed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). | |
| The Yemeni military has been tackling a powerful al-Qaeda insurgency in the province in recent years. | |
| The province, which is a centre of oil production, is seen as a stronghold for AQAP, which has been waging a campaign against the Western-backed government. |