Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attacks on Yemen’s defense ministry, which has left 52 people killed and more than 167 injured. Al-Qaida claimed the deadest attack in Yemen in 18 months on its Twitter account, saying it targeted the defense ministry complex because it “proved that it accommodates drone control rooms and American experts.” It said any security institutions that facilitate the United States against al-Qaida are “legitimate targets.” Yemen’s supreme security committee released a statement on Thursday night confirmed the number of casualty. Among the dead are soldiers and civilians, including two aid workers from Germany, two doctors from Vietnam, two nurses from the Philippines and a nurse from India, it said. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi held a meeting with the chief of staff inside the defense ministry compound after the attack, and he ordered an immediate investigation into the incident and […]