Authorities said that on Friday morning, a suicide bomber in a military installation in the southern province of Abyan killed sixteen Yemeni soldiers and injured eighteen more.
The assailant entered the Mudiyah district by driving a car that was set on fire, according to Mohamed Al-Naqib, a Southern Transitional Council spokesman.
Strikes against Yemeni military installations have increased, although no group took instant credit for the strikes. These militants are associated with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
The nine-year struggle between the Saudi-backed coalition and the Houthi group, which is affiliated with Iran, has been exploited by Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch to increase its influence in a nation that borders Saudi Arabia and is situated close to important maritime lanes.
Over the past year, the Southern Transitional Council, which is aligned with the Saudi coalition and holds authority over a sizable portion of the south that it seeks to secede, has intensified its offensives against Al-Qaeda elements in Abyan.
AQAP has persevered through years of attempts at suppression by the US military, the coalition, and the Houthis, capitalizing on the chaos, tribal affinities, and vast expanses of uninhabited land in Yemen.
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