Soldiers and militants were wounded in clashes in southern Yemen between gunmen and military.
Several soldiers and militants were wounded in clashes in southern Yemen after gunmen ambushed a military convoy on Saturday, a Yemeni official told Reuters.
"There were at least several injuries. We are trying to determine the extent of casualties," the official said.
He said the convoy was attacked on a remote road in the Lahej province in south Yemen, where the government has faced rising secessionist protests in recent months.
A Yemeni deputy prime minister escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday, after militants opened fire on his convoy in a different southern province, where he had attended celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Yemen’s unity.
North and south Yemen united in 1990. But many in the south, where most of the impoverished Arab country’s oil facilities are, complain that northerners take their resources and deny them political rights.
Several soldiers, separatist gunmen and bystanders have been killed in the recent months’ escalating tension in the south.
The government, struggling to stabilise a fractious country in which central authority is often weak, faces international pressure to quell domestic conflicts in order to focus on fighting a resurgent al Qaeda.
