ADEN (Reuters) - A Yemeni army commander was shot dead in eastern Yemen on Monday as he was leaving home for work, the Yemeni Defence Ministry website said on Monday.
More than 70 military and security officers have been killed in southern and eastern Yemen since 2011 as Islamists exploit a power vacuum and political chaos left by a mass uprising that forced former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
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