Eleven Yemen soldiers killed in missile attack

DUBAI: Eleven Yemeni soldiers were killed and more than 20 wounded yesterday in a rebel missile attack on a military camp housing government troops, a military source said.

The missile hit the Al-Sadrain Camp in Ad-Dali province while soldiers were gathering in the morning, the source told AFP.

It is the second rebel attack in the province in little more than a week. On December 29, five soldiers of the southern separatist-dominated Security Belt Forces were killed in a similar attack in Ad-Dali.

Despite a lull in fighting in most of Yemen in recent months, Ad-Dali province has remained a flashpoint.

The province straddles the old boundary between north Yemen and the formerly independent south and the rebels are in close proximity to government forces along the front line.

Despite a Saudi-led military intervention launched in March 2015, the Huthi rebels, who are allied with Riyadh for Tehran, remain in control of the capital Sanaa and much of the north. — AFP