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Islamic State suicide bomber kills 41 people in Yemen
The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for twin bombings against the Yemeni army which killed 41 people in second city Aden on Monday.
In a statement posted online, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil) said one of its militants detonated an explosives belt among "apostate soldiers" at an army recruitment centre, followed by a bomb that exploded at the gate of the nearby Badr army base in Aden's Khormaksar district.
General Nasser al-Sarei, commander of special security forces, said the second explosion killed seven soldiers.
Aden is the headquarters of the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi as it battles Shiite rebels who control the capital and has seen a spate of attacks in recent months claimed by Al-Qaeda or its jihadist rival the Islamic State group.
Government forces drove Huthi rebels out of the city in July with support from a Saudi-led coalition.
The two jihadist groups exploited the power vacuum created by the conflict to expand their presence in the south and southeast.
But over the past two months, government and coalition forces have hit back, driving the jihadists out of Aden, as well as the Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla, which they had controlled for a year.
Al-Qaeda and its jihadist rival, the Islamic State group, have claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks on government forces who drove Huthi Shiite rebels out of the city in July with support from a Saudi-led coalition.
The two jihadist groups exploited the power vacuum created by the conflict to expand their presence in the south and southeast.
But over the past two months, government and coalition forces have hit back, driving the jihadists out of Aden, as well as the Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla, which they had controlled for a year.