ISIL claims killings of 49 soldiers in Yemen's Aden

ISIL has claimed responsibility for a
suicide bombing that left up to 49
Yemeni soldiers dead at a military base
in Aden, a week after a similar attack
that also killed dozens of troops in the
southern port city.
Military officials and medics told the
AFP news agency early on Sunday that
the suicide bomber detonated his
explosives as a group of soldiers were
gathering to collect their salaries at the
al-Solban base in the city's northeast.
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Aden al-Ghad, a local news website, said
several people were wounded in the
blast as thousands of men queued up at
the entrance of the base.
The attack happened just eight days after
a bombing claimed by ISIL, or the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,
killed 48 soldiers and wounded 29
others.
The port city, the temporary base of
Yemen's government, has seen a wave of
bombings and shootings targeting
officials and security forces in recent
months.
Armed groups have gained ground in the
south of the country since forces loyal to
President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi -
backed by an Arab coalition assembled
by Saudi Arabia - drove the Houthi
fighters out of Aden in July last year.
Since then, the government and the Arab
coalition have struggled to enforce their
control as ISIL and al-Qaeda use the
security vacuum to carry out attacks.
At least 10,000 people have been killed
in the 20-month conflict, which has
prompted a humanitarian crisis in the
impoverished country, according to the
UN.