Two Saudi-led coalition troops killed in Yemen

Two members of the Saudi-led coalition forces have been killed in an attack by a Yemeni defence ministry employee in Yemen's Seiyun, the coalition's spokesperson Turki al-Malki was quoted by the Saudi state news agency as saying.

Al-Malki said Friday's attack, which also wounded one officer, occurred at a training camp for Yemeni forces in the eastern city of Seiyun in the Hadhramaut province.

He added the coalition and Yemeni authorities will jointly investigate the incident to determine motives behind the attack and bring the perpetrator to justice.

While the Houthis did not claim responsibility for the attack, at least one Houthi official praised it as being "the beginning and an indication of a harsh future awaiting the invaders."

Houthi official Hamid Rizq praised the attack on the social media, claiming it came from "the feeling of oppression" over Saudi troops being stationed in the area.

Yemen has been mired in a decade-long war since the Houthis swept into Sanaa from their northern strongholds in September 2014. The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 after Iran-aligned Houthis ousted the government from the capital, Sanaa.

Yemen has enjoyed almost two years of relative calm amid direct peace talks between Saudi and Houthi officials.

with AP