5 Yemen soldiers die in suspected al-Qaeda ambush

Gunmen killed at least five Yemeni soldiers on Thursday in an ambush on a military convoy in south Yemen, and al-Qaeda was suspected of being behind the attack, a provincial official said.

"There was an ambush targeting the soldiers' vehicle and five were killed and a sixth was wounded. There is suspicion that al-Qaeda was behind the operation," the official in the southern province of Shabwa said. (Reuters)