“It’s been a shaky morning”, Hassan Boucenine, who leads the Yemen branch of Doctors Without Borders, said after witnessing the attack.
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And in May, twin suicide bombings in Aden claimed by IS killed at least 41 people.
Yemen is embroiled in a civil war pitting the internationally recognized government and a Saudi-led coalition against the rebels and army units loyal to a former president.
Around 60 people were also injured in the blast, a spokesperson for medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said.
“Around 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment center in Aden city”, the statement said, without giving further details.
Extremist Islamist groups, including both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, have taken advantage of the fighting to gain territory and launch attacks on both sides.
According to the Al Masirah website, which Fars News quotes, the damage to Aramco’s facilities in today’s attack has been considerable, but no specific details were offered, and Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the veracity of the reports.
IS claimed responsibility for the Monday attack, in which a suicide bomber detonated his pick-up truck among a crowd of pro-government military recruits.
On the other are the anti-Houthi forces allied with the current President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Saudi Arabian-led coalition. The militants still have a presence in areas surrounding the recaptured towns and control large parts of neighbouring Shabwa province, the sources say.
McGoldrick added that the conflict has caused the internal displacement of at least 3 million people, and forced at least 200,000 to leave the country.
The coalition assembled by Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in March a year ago and has helped government troops push the rebels out of Aden and four other southern provinces.
The latest attack comes amid a fresh push to end Yemen’s 17-month-old war between Saudi-backed government and rebels.
Yemeni officials say at least 65 people have been killed and dozens wounded.
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United Nations -sponsored peace talks ended earlier this month without agreement, and without an agreement for a new round.
