The attack occurred in the port city of Aden early Wednesday morning.
The blast destroyed the Finance Ministry building, and damaged nearby houses and shops.
Many of the victims were said to be road workers who were doing construction on an unfinished area.
ISIS has reportedly conducted other attacks in the region.
Aden is the unofficial headquarters of the Saudi-backed government in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...after Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebels took over Sanaa in 2014.