Yemen: At least 13 Hadi troops killed in Mukalla
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Saudi-backed militants supporting Hadi stand on the back an armed vehicle on a road leading to the entrance of Abyan province.
At least 13 troops loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen's resigned president, have been killed when militants blew up vehicles outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla.
According to the reports, several others were injured in the Thursday attack claimed by Daesh in the eastern outskirts of the Hadramawt provincial capital, which Hadi forces seized last month.
The deadly assault came shortly before Hadi's prime minister Ahmed bin Dagher arrived in Mukalla with several of his ministers on a one-day visit.
One bomber reportedly rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the gate of a base in the Khalf district, followed immediately by a second who blew up a car in the center of the camp.
The attackers clashed with pro-Hadi forces outside the base immediately after the bombings.
A third bomber targeted the nearby residence of the commander of Hadramawt's second military region, General Faraj Salmeen, who escaped unharmed.
On Wednesday, another top commander of Hadi forces escaped an assassination attempt by a car bomber in southern Yemen, in an attack that also killed three people and injured others.
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