A bombing targeting a convoy of a group allied with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has killed five people and wounded three others, Yemeni authorities have said.
The attack on Wednesday targeted a convoy carrying Hamdi Shukri, a commander in the pro-government Giants Brigades, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council said in a statement carried by state-run media.
Authorities would take “practical and decisive measures” following the “treacherous terrorist attack,” including pursuing the perpetrators and dismantling related support networks, the council said, according to the Saba News Agency.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since Iran-backed Houthi rebels ousted the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from the capital Sanaa in 2014.
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Five Killed in ‘Treacherous’ Attack on Military Convoy in Yemen
01/22/2026
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