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Al Qaida ambush kills 10 Yemeni soldiers: military

Suspected Al Qaida militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen

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Aden: Suspected Al Qaida militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen, where the jihadist network has a stronghold, a military official said on Thursday.

The gunmen opened fire on the vehicle in which the soldiers were travelling on Wednesday north of the city of Loder, in Abyan province, killing them all, the official told AFP.

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