ADEN, Nov 27 (NNN-YPA) – At least five members of Yemen’s government forces were killed yesterday, in a bomb explosion, in the country’s southern oil-rich province of Shabwa, a security official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen targeted vehicles of the government forces, with an Improvised Explosive Device, in the western part of Shabwa, causing a huge blast in the area, located near oil fields,” the local security official said, on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He confirmed that a total of five soldiers, including a senior officer, were killed, and a number of others injured in the terror attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bomb blast destroyed a military vehicle, of the newly-recruited Shabwa’s Defence Troops, which are largely backed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Aden-based Southern Transitional Council (STC), said in a brief press statement that, their forces defused another explosive device in Shabwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attacks by militant groups, against the pro-government southern troops, surged in various regions of Yemen, just two months after the expiration of a UN-brokered truce on Oct 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The terror attacks occur, as the Yemeni government forces, backed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, are sporadically striking the hideouts of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch, mainly in the mountainous areas of Shabwa and neighbouring provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) network, has been responsible for many high-profile attacks against the security forces in the country’s southern provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AQAP has exploited years of deadly conflict between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels, to expand its presence in the war-ravaged country.– NNN-YPA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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