ISIL Claims Responsibility for Yemen Suicide Bombing

TEHRAN(IQNA) - Daesh (ISIL) on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Yemeni capital Sana'a.

Yemen's branch of the ISIL terrorist group on Thursday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a mosque in the Yemeni capital that killed at least 25 people, according to a statement posted on social media.

The Takfiri group said the attack at al-Balili mosque killed or wounded dozens of people.

The attack came as the Saudi-led coalition has ramped up air strikes against the impoverished Yemen, which started in March in a bid to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of the Kingdom.

ISIL and the Yemen-based branch of its extremist rival al-Qaeda have exploited the turmoil to boost their activities in the impoverished country.

Source: Reuters