ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide vehicle bombing Monday that killed dozens of recruits at a military training camp in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, according to the ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency.
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The slain pro-government troops were reportedly preparing to leave for Saudi Arabia to fight in the northern border area of Yemen. Debris was scattered around the complex and nearby buildings were damaged. They could not immediately verify whether all those who died were recruits. Attacks by jihadist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State are also common in Yemen’s chaotic southern and southeastern area, including the port city of Aden.
No group has claimed that attack.
The Yemeni army and popular forces launched a fresh round of attacks on the Saudi forces’ positions in Abyan province in Southern Yemen, killing scores of Arab coalition troops, including a senior Saudi military commander.
Hundreds of Yemeni soldiers have been trained over the past two months as the government intensifies its onslaught to recapture southern provinces from jihadists.
Just last week, Doctors Without Borders – the same group treating victims in Aden – pulled out of hospitals in Yemen’s north, citing the threat posed by airstrikes from the Saudi-led coalition.
The rebels said they were prepared to restart negotiations, provided the Saudi-led coalition stopped attacking and laying siege to territories held by them.
Thirty other people were also wounded in the blast, the source added.
United Nations -mediated peace talks in Kuwait were suspended earlier this month with no signs of progress.
However, media outlets affiliated to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who has resigned as Yemen’s president, claimed 16 Ansarullah fighters and seven pro-Hadi militants were killed in the clashes in Ta’izz.
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The medical organization said on Twitter that at least 45 people had been killed, and that 60 others were wounded, but Al-Khadher Laswar, a Health Ministry official in Aden, said the death toll was 54 people, with 67 wounded.
