At least 41 killed in Daesh-claimed bombings on Yemeni forces

Twin bombings claimed by Daesh hit Yemeni forces in Aden on Monday, killing at least 41 people in the latest of a spate of attacks in the southern city.
The attacks in Aden - which is serving as the temporary government headquarters after rebels forced authorities from the capital - follow a major military operation against militants in parts of southern and southeastern Yemen.
Backed by a Saudi-led coalition, forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi are battling both Sunni extremists and Iran-backed Shia rebels.
In the first attack, a suicide bomber killed 34 people queueing to enlist at a recruitment centre near the Badr base in Aden's Khormaksar district, said Brigadier General Nasser Al Sarei, the commander of Yemen's special security forces.
A subsequent explosion inside the base killed seven soldiers, he said.
In a statement posted online, Daesh said one of its fighters detonated an explosives belt among "apostate soldiers" at a recruitment centre, followed by the bombing at a gate of the Badr base.
The militant group, which has seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, also claimed responsibility on Monday for a wave of bombings in Syrian coastal cities that killed more than 100 people.
A local resident in Aden described the scene of the Badr explosions as "horrible", saying body parts had been blown dozens of metres (yards) away.
"They came to complete the procedure of their recruitment and receive their first salary," he said, speaking of the young men who had gathered outside the army centre.
Abandoned slippers and sandals, apparently from the victims, covered the area, television footage showed.
Aden resident Ramzi Al Fadhli said "wailing filled the air" as women identified the remains of relatives at Al Jumhuriyah Hospital, where at least 32 bodies were taken.
Aden has seen a wave of attacks in recent months claimed by Al Qaeda or Daesh after government forces drove Houthi rebels out of the port city in July with support from the Saudi-led coalition.
The coalition launched operations in Yemen in March last year after the rebels seized control of Sanaa and other parts of the country, forcing Hadi's government to flee the capital Sanaa.
Al Qaeda - which has a long presence in the country - and Daesh have exploited the power vacuum created by the conflict to expand their zones of control in the south and southeast.
Over the past two months, government and coalition forces have hit back, driving Al Qaeda militants out of the Hadramawt provincial capital of Mukalla, which they had controlled for a year.
But attacks on security forces have left scores dead.

• MENA