Yemen Qaeda suicide bombers kill 13 troops near Mukalla

Militants, including suicide bombers, killed at least 13 Yemeni troops outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla on Thursday, the army said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. An army official spoke of three suicide bombings and held rival jihadists of Al-Qaeda responsible, but an IS statement posted online said one of its militants was behind the attack. It was a rare intervention by IS in the city which was held by rival jihadists of Al-Qaeda for a year until they were driven