Al-Qaeda militants on Wednesday blew up an army
headquarters and set up checkpoints in the jihadist network’s
southeastern stronghold of Mukalla, officials in Hadramawt
province said. The militants had deployed in force across Mukalla
after receiving information of a possible operation by a Saudi-led military coalition to help
government loyalists retake the provincial capital, the officials said.
The coalition of Arab states has been carrying out air strikes against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen
since March, but has so far not intervened against Al-Qaeda.
Wednesday’s explosion flattened the three-storey army building — the command centre for a zone
covering Hadramawt and parts of neighbouring Shabwa province.
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