Al Qaeda Kills 5 Yemeni Tribal Soldiers Following An Attack On Security Checkpoint In Abyan

Fighters loyal to Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi drive in pick up truck, one bearing the UAE flag in solidarity with the UAE fighters taking part in the Saudi-led coalition supporting their cause, as they head from Aden towards the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, in the southern Yemeni province of Taez, to re-enforce their comrades battling on the frontline against Shiite Huthi rebels on October 1, 2015. Pro-Hadi forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition, seized Bab al-Mandab and Dhubab in Taez province near the strait at the entrance to the Red Sea, loyalist military official Abedrabbo al-Mihwali told AFP. AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI / AFP / SALEH AL-OBEIDI