Two soldiers were killed and others were injured while escorting a delegation from the International Organization for Migration in eastern Yemen's Hadhramout province on Friday, local security and civilian sources have said.
The gunmen attacked the convoy in Al-Rowayk area in Sayoon, one of Hadhramout's districts under the control of the Yemeni army's First Military Region.
The attack comes amidst an escalating incitement campaign by the U and S.*di backed STC militia against what is lef t of the Yemeni army.