Suspected Qaeda militants kill four Yemeni soldiers at checkpoint
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Suspected #al-Qaeda militants in police uniforms killed four soldiers Tuesday in an attack on a special forces’ checkpoint in southeastern #Yemen, a security official said. The attack is the latest in a series of deadly operations against security forces blamed on al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), perceived as the jihadist network’s most dangerous affiliate. The gunmen “suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda” opened fire on the checkpoint at the western entrance to the port city of Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadramawt, the official said. read more