Police HQ Destroyed in Yemen’s Aden, al-Qaida Blamed
Yemeni officials are blaming al-Qaida for a bomb that destroyed secret police headquarters in the southern port city of Aden Saturday.
No casualties are reported. Al-Qaida fighters are said to have moved into the city after pro-government forces took it back from Houthi rebels several weeks ago.
The al-Qaida takeover of parts of Aden is seen as another troubling development in a five-month-old civil war that has already killed thousands.
The United States considers al-Qaida's Yemen affiliate to be the terrorist group's most dangerous branch. The U.S. has launched dozens of drone strikes against al-Qaida members in Yemen, killing a number of senior leaders.