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| Yemen attack on military checkpoint 'kills 20 soldiers' | 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. | 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. | 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). | 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 Yemeni military has been tackling a powerful al-Qaeda insurgency in the province in recent years. |
| Hadramawt is a centre of oil production and seen as a stronghold for AQAP, which has been waging a campaign against the Western-backed government. | |
| "Twenty soldiers were killed in the armed attack on an army checkpoint" near Reida, located 135km (85 miles) east of the provincial capital Mukalla, Saba news agency reported. | |
| One source told the AFP news agency that the attack was carried out by gunmen in several vehicles. | |
| Yemen has been struggling to restore state authority after opposition protests drove out veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2012. | |
| Al-Qaeda militants have taken advantage of the upheaval and breakdown of central government control to gain ground again in Yemen. |