South Yemen clashes wound senior officials

The deputy speaker of Yemen's parliament and a former interior minister were wounded on Monday in clashes between loyalist forces and militias in Abyan province, local government officials said.

Mohammed al-Shaddadi and ex-minister Hussein bin Arab, who are close to exiled President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi, were leading loyalist forces in the city of Loder at the time, the officials said without elaborating.