ADEN, Yemen — An explosion
caused by an improvised device killed four
Yemeni separatist fighters on Monday
during an antiterrorism sweep in the south of the war-ravaged country, security
sources said.
اضافة اعلان
“Four Yemeni
soldiers were killed and six others wounded in an IED explosion targeting a
military vehicle” during a campaign targeting
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(AQAP) in Abyan province, a security official told AFP.
A second security
source confirmed the toll.
On September 6, 21
separatist fighters and six AQAP members were killed when an attack by the
terrorists ended months of relative peace.
Yemen has been
gripped by conflict since Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of the capital
Sanaa in 2014, triggering a Saudi-led military intervention in support of the beleaguered
government the following year.
AQAP and militants
loyal to Daesh have thrived in the chaos.
A UN-brokered
ceasefire has drastically reduced fighting between the government and Houthis
since April, but outbreaks of violence continue.
The anti-Houthi camp includes motley groups such as the separatists
targeted by Monday’s IED blast.
The separatists
aspire to create an independent
South Yemen such as the state that existed
until 1990.
According to the UN, the
conflict in Yemen has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced
millions, and two thirds of the population need humanitarian aid.
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