29 killed in south Yemen clashes
Clashes between Yemeni security forces and armed groups in the south of the country have killed 29 people, mostly security forces.
According to Yemeni officials on Friday, the clashes erupted after armed militants carried out attacks against police centers in Lahij, north of Aden.
Reports added that 27 security forces were among the victims.
The attackers included the separatists of southern Yemen as well the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sharia terrorists, the officials said.
Earlier in the day, triple bomb blasts targeted mosques crowded with worshipers in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, killing 142 people and wounding 351 others.
Witnesses said two bombers carried out an attack inside the Badr mosque in southern Sana’a during midday prayers
Southern Yemen was formerly an independent country, which merged with the Northern Yemen to form the present-day Yemen in 1990.
Al-Qaeda-linked violence against Yemeni security forces has reportedly grown since February 2012, when Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi came to power as the country’s president in a one-man election backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. Hadi replaced the longtime dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
In late January, Hadi, along with the cabinet of Premier Khaled Bahah, stepped down over pressure from Shia Ansarullah revolutionaries of Houthi movement, but the Yemeni parliament did not approve their resignation.
Hadi fled his home in Sana’a on February 21 after weeks under effective house arrest and went to Aden, Yemen’s second largest city, where he officially withdrew his resignation and highlighted his intention to resume duties.
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