{"id":31175,"date":"2016-12-18T05:56:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T05:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/isil-claims-killings-of-49-soldiers-in-yemen-s\/"},"modified":"2016-12-18T05:56:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T05:56:25","slug":"isil-claims-killings-of-49-soldiers-in-yemen-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/isil-claims-killings-of-49-soldiers-in-yemen-s\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIL claims killings of 49 soldiers in Yemen&#8217;s Aden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Suicide bombing struck soldiers waiting to collect their salaries in port city.}<\/p>\n<p>ISIL has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that left up to 49 Yemeni soldiers dead at a military base in Aden, a week after a similar attack that also killed dozens of troops in the southern port city.<\/p>\n<p>Military officials and medics told the AFP news agency early on Sunday that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives as a group of soldiers were gathering to collect their salaries at the al-Solban base in the city&#8217;s northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Aden al-Ghad, a local news website, said several people were wounded in the blast as thousands of men queued up at the entrance of the base.<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened just eight days after a bombing claimed by ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, killed 48 soldiers and wounded 29 others.<\/p>\n<p>The port city, the temporary base of Yemen&#8217;s government, has seen a wave of bombings and shootings targeting officials and security forces in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Armed groups have gained ground in the south of the country since forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi &#8211; backed by an Arab coalition assembled by Saudi Arabia &#8211; drove the Houthi fighters out of Aden in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the government and the Arab coalition have struggled to enforce their control as ISIL and al-Qaeda use the security vacuum to carry out attacks.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10,000 people have been killed in the 20-month conflict, which has prompted a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17128 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6148c0e64bc043e2ac95fbbaa2432a8b_18.jpg\" alt=\"The suicide bomber detonated his explosives as soldiers were gathering to collect their salaries \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Suicide bombing struck soldiers waiting to collect their salaries in port city.} ISIL has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that left up to 49 Yemeni soldiers dead at a military base in Aden, a week after a similar attack that also killed dozens of troops in the southern port city. 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