Daesh attacks Houthi mosques
(MENAFN- Arab News) SANAA: An Daesh-claimed car bomb exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's capital Saturday killing at least two people and wounding six amid the country's raging civil war authorities said.
The bomb targeted the Qabat Al-Mahdi mosque in Sanaa's old city where Shiite rebels known as Houthis and others pray security officials said. Daesh claimed the attack on a Twitter account associated with the extremists saying it targeted Shiite Houthis.
The security officials who gave the casualty figure spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to brief journalists.
This is the second Sanaa attack claimed by the Daesh group's affiliate in Yemen this week. On Wednesday a series of Daesh claimed bombings in the capital killed at least four people and wounded 60.
Saudi-led airstrikes continued Saturday hitting the Sanaa International Airport and a nearby air force base. Warplanes also hit targets in Aden Lahj Jawf and Saada security officials said.
In Marib a region east of Sanaa contested in fighting for the past three months 15 Houthis and four tribal fighters were killed in clashes on Saturday morning.
In March just before the coalition began airstrikes the Daesh affiliate in Yemen claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bombings in Sanaa that killed at least 137 people and wounded 345.
The bomb targeted the Qabat Al-Mahdi mosque in Sanaa's old city where Shiite rebels known as Houthis and others pray security officials said. Daesh claimed the attack on a Twitter account associated with the extremists saying it targeted Shiite Houthis.
The security officials who gave the casualty figure spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to brief journalists.
This is the second Sanaa attack claimed by the Daesh group's affiliate in Yemen this week. On Wednesday a series of Daesh claimed bombings in the capital killed at least four people and wounded 60.
Saudi-led airstrikes continued Saturday hitting the Sanaa International Airport and a nearby air force base. Warplanes also hit targets in Aden Lahj Jawf and Saada security officials said.
In Marib a region east of Sanaa contested in fighting for the past three months 15 Houthis and four tribal fighters were killed in clashes on Saturday morning.
In March just before the coalition began airstrikes the Daesh affiliate in Yemen claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bombings in Sanaa that killed at least 137 people and wounded 345.
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