Suicide bomber kills 50 Yemeni soldiers

ADEN: A suicide bomber killed 50 soldiers and wounded around 50 others on Saturday at a military camp in Yemen´s southern city of Aden, where Jihadists are active, military and medical sources said.

The attacker detonated his explosives belt as hundreds of troops gathered to receive their monthly pay at the barracks in Al-Sawlaban near the city´s international airport, a military source said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Yemeni authorities have for months pressed a campaign against Jihadists who remain active in the south and east of the war-torn country. The Islamic State group and its Jihadist rival al-Qaeda have taken advantage of a conflict between the government and the Huthi rebels, who control the capital Sanaa, to bolster their presence across much of the south.

IS and al-Qaeda have carried out a spate of attacks in Aden, Yemen´s second city and headquarters of the internationally recognised government whose forces retook the port from the Huthis last year.