Twenty Yemeni soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in eastern Yemen, reports say, BBC reported. Yemen's state-run Saba news agency reports the attack took place in the province of Hadramawt.Security sources earlier said eight had died and six were wounded in an attack that one source attributed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Hadramawt is a centre of oil production and seen as a stronghold for AQAP, which has been waging a campaign against the Western-backed government.
"Twenty soldiers were killed in the armed attack on an army checkpoint" near Reida, about 135km (85 miles) east of the provincial capital Mukalla, Saba reported.
One source told the AFP news agency that the attack was carried out by gunmen in several vehicles.