Landmine blast kills 5 soldiers in southern Yemen

By Shukri Hussein

ADEN, Yemen (AA) - Five Yemeni soldiers were killed in a landmine explosion Saturday in the southern city of Aden.

A military vehicle struck a landmine in Gaola, northwest of Aden, killing five soldiers onboard and injuring three others, a Yemeni medical source told Anadolu Agency.

Yemen has been racked by chaos since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran the capital Sanaa and other parts of the country, forcing members of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government to temporarily flee to Riyadh.

Last year, Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies launched a massive air campaign in Yemen aimed at reversing Houthi military gains and restoring the embattled government.

Two rounds of UN-backed peace talks have failed to resolve the raging conflict, in which thousands of Yemenis are believed to have been killed and an estimated 2.5 million forced to flee their homes.