Title: 12 Soldiers Killed in Suicide Attack in Southern Yemen

The authorities in Yemen announced that "12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing at a military barracks in Abyan province in the south of the country this morning, Friday." The spokesperson for the Southern Transitional Council, Mohammad Al-Nakib, said: "A terrorist attack using a car bomb driven by a suicide attacker targeted our barracks in the Moudia district of Abyan province." No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but militants linked to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have intensified their assaults on military facilities in Yemen.