REUTERS - A suicide bomber
killed at least 40 Yemeni soldiers and wounded at least 70 others at a base in
the city of Aden, a local security official said, in another major attack on
forces
allied to a Saudi-led military campaign.
The attacker blew
himself up as the troops were waiting to collect their salaries, the government
sources added.
Islamic State
militants have repeatedly claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on troops
in the southern port city, which is under the control of the internationally
recognized government in exile in Saudi Arabia.
The Kingdom
intervened in Yemen's civil war in March 2015 to fight the government's foes in
the Iran-allied Houthi movement but have failed to dislodge the group from the
capital Sanaa despite thousands of air strikes.
At least 10,000
people have been killed in the conflict which has unleashed a humanitarian
crisis on the impoverished country.
REUTERS
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