Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Militant ambush kills 5 Yemen soldiers


(MENAFN- Arab News) Aden: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants ambushed the convoy of a brigade commander in the restive southeastern province of Hadramawt on Tuesday killing five Yemeni soldiers and wounding seven.Gen. Yahya Awja commander of the 135th brigade escaped unharmed from the attack by militants firing automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.The convoy was hit on the outskirts of Qatan a village in the Hadramawt valley in the province's mountainous interior which hosts an army base that was struck repeatedly by militants last year.



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