Gunmen Attack Checkpoint, Inflict Casualties in Yemeni City

Masked gunmen staged a deadly attack on Friday at a checkpoint in a historic Yemeni city, setting off a car bomb and exchanging gunfire with pro-government troops, security officials said. Fifteen people were killed and 30 were wounded in the attack in the fortress city of Shibam in Yemen's Hadramawt province, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. The officials did not have further details on the...

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