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Yemen conflict: Suicide bomber kills army recruits in Aden | Yemen conflict: Suicide bomber kills army recruits in Aden |
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At least 40 army recruits have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, security sources and medics say. | |
The bomber targeted young men queuing to enlist at the home of a senior army commander in the Khormaksar district. | |
Shortly afterwards there was a second blast at the nearby Badr army base. | |
Aden is serving as the temporary home of Yemen's government while it seeks to regain control of the capital, Sanaa, from the Houthi rebel movement. | Aden is serving as the temporary home of Yemen's government while it seeks to regain control of the capital, Sanaa, from the Houthi rebel movement. |
Pro-government forces and troops from a Saudi-led multinational coalition regained control of Aden last summer, but they have struggled to prevent deadly attacks by jihadist militants from Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda since then. |