Suspected Qaeda suicide bombing kills Yemeni soldier

A suspected Al-Qaeda suicide bombing today killed a Yemeni soldier in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a security official said.
Six other people, including three civilians, were wounded when the assailant detonated his explosives at a checkpoint in the village of Duaan, some 300 kilometres northwest of the port city of Mukalla, the official said.
The attack comes days after government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition mounted an operation against Al-Qaeda militants suspected of being behind the recent bombing of two abandoned police stations.
Al-Qaeda extremists remain active in the vast region of Hadramawt after taking advantage of more than two years of conflict between the government and Shiite rebels.

The United States has intensified its air attacks on Al- Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemeni branch that it considers the global terror network's most dangerous.