Yemen: 26 killed in army base attack
At least six Yemeni troops and around 20 militant attackers have been killed in an assault on a military base near the international airport of Yemen’s southern city of Aden, security sources say.
The assault began on Wednesday when two suicide bombers blew up their cars, followed by armed militants storming the Solaban base.
They occupied several buildings but were killed after four hours of heavy gun battles, the sources said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Islamic State carried out a similar large-scale attack in the southern port of Mukalla on June 27.