A suicide bombing leaves 45 dead in Yemen

The latest report brings to 45 the number of deaths in the suicide bombing on Saturday night against a tribal militant group in the region of Abyan in southern Yemen, according to the Yemeni Ministry of Defense. The attack occurred during a funeral was being held in the town of Jaar and could have been aimed at some tribal leaders who supported the Yemen Army in its offensive against the militants of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. "This is a cowardly and criminal terrorist attack," said the governor of Abyan, Jamal al Aqel, who announced that an investigation is already underway to clarify what happened. An Al Razi hospital doctor has told Reuters that many of the wounded are in "critical" and "can not afford to treat them." However, this attack occurred just an hour after a U.S. drone in coordination with the Yemeni authorities, launched an attack against a vehicle carrying three to five suspected militants of Ansar al-Sharia, a group linked to Al Qaeda, near the town of Hadramut, in the east, killing all the occupants of the car. The Yemeni army executed earlier this year several military operations that have allowed the government to regain control of almost all of the Abyan region, including the capital, Zanjibar, from the hands of Islamist militias, which gained ground since the beginning of revolts against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh in March last year. Saturday's attack is the third in just over two months in Yemen allied forces carried out against the government of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who, upon taking office, pledged to restore security and suppress terrorist cells of Al Qaeda in Yemen.