ISIS suicide strike in Yemen kills 71

Aden, Aug. 29: An Islamic State group militant rammed his explosives-laden car into an army recruitment centre in Aden on Monday, killing 71 people in the deadliest jihadist attack to hit the city in over a year.

Yemen’s army, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, is training young recruits to join its nationwide war against Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies, as well as Sunni jihadists.

Aden is the temporary base of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which was forced into exile after Iranbacked insurgents seized Sanaa and other parts of the war-torn country.

Security officials said the attacker drove a car bomb into a gathering of army recruits at a school in northern Aden early Monday. The assault killed at least 71 people and wounded about 30 others. — AFP

— AP People gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in Yemen’s southern city of Aden