[Al Arabiya Latest] In the separatist southern region in Yemen, once home to the Queen of Sheba, today a pestilential sink of poverty and tribal ignorance four soldiers were killed and 13 wounded including a senior security official in two attacks, officials said on Tuesday, part of a wave of unrest that has raised fears of a sustained separatist insurgency.In one of the latest attacks, gunnies ambushed a security patrol in the flashpoint province of Lahej late on Monday, killing four soldiers and wounding nine, a Defense Ministry website said, citing a regional security director.
In the other assault on Monday evening, suspected secessionists attacked military sites in the southern city of Dalea with rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, a Yemeni official said. A provincial security director was wounded along with three soldiers.
Violence in the south has increased in recent months, with separatist ambushes and government crackdowns leading to many deaths on both sides.