'Al-Qaeda' ambush on Yemeni general kills two soldiers
Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded Monday in an ambush targeting a regional army chief in southeastern Hadramawt province, a military official said, blaming Al-Qaeda for the attack, AFP reported.
"Members of Al-Qaeda" set an ambush for the convoy of General Abdulrahman al-Hulaili, the head of the First Military Region, the official told AFP.
The assailants detonated explosives planted on the roadside and opened fire as the convoy passed, but Hulaili escaped unscathed, the official said.
The attack comes a day after a similar bombing targeted the commander of the 31st armored battalion General Farej al-Atiqi in the southern city of Aden.
Atiqi escaped unharmed but his driver was killed and two other bodyguards were wounded.