Explosion Rock US Airbase in Southern Yemen
KABUL: (Middle East Press) According to reports, a powerful explosion has rocked a military airbase in southern Yemen that hosts US forces and is an operation center for the American drone attacks in the Arab country.
Witnesses said gun fire hit the Al-Anad base in Lahij Province early Thursday. The base is generally occupied by forces from the United States and Europe.
Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents have claimed responsibility behind the attack, saying it was in revenge for a recent US rescue operation against one of their hideouts.
The failed US mission, which was carried out on Saturday, was meant to rescue an American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by the insurgents; the two were killed by their captors.
The Anad base is a strategic logistic station for the US military in southern Yemen, where American forces conduct their drone strikes from.
