1. The incident occurred Saturday in Aden, Yemen's second-largest city, which has been held by separatists since July 2019.  2. The attackers also torched a vehicle belonging to an Egyptian peacekeeper and wounded his commander before fleeing the scene. The Egyptian troops are part of the UN operation known as the Redeployment Coordination Committee.  3. A Yemeni military source said the assailants were dressed in uniforms of pro-government forces, suggesting they could have been government loyalists seeking revenge for the killing of a Yemeni soldier by Ethiopian peacekeepers earlier this month.  4. The commander was taken to hospital and his condition is described as stable.  5. This latest attack comes weeks after assailants fired shots at an Ethiopian peacekeeper and torched two vehicles at the same base in Aden where Saturday's incident occurred.?

1. The incident occurred Saturday in Aden, Yemen's second-largest city, which has been held by separatists since July 2019. 2. The attackers also torched a vehicle belonging to an Egyptian peacekeeper and wounded his commander before fleeing the scene. The Egyptian troops are part of the UN operation known as the Redeployment Coordination Committee. 3. A Yemeni military source said the assailants were dressed in uniforms of pro-government forces, suggesting they could have been government loyalists seeking revenge for the killing of a Yemeni soldier by Ethiopian peacekeepers earlier this month. 4. The commander was taken to hospital and his condition is described as stable. 5. This latest attack comes weeks after assailants fired shots at an Ethiopian peacekeeper and torched two vehicles at the same base in Aden where Saturday's incident occurred.?

1. The incident occurred Saturday in Aden, Yemen's second-largest city, which has been held by separatists since July 2019. 2. The attackers also torched a vehicle belonging to an Egyptian peacekeeper and wounded his commander before fleeing the scene. The Egyptian troops are part of the UN operation known as the Redeployment Coordination Committee. 3. A Yemeni military source said the assailants were dressed in uniforms of pro-government forces, suggesting they could have been government loyalists seeking revenge for the killing of a Yemeni soldier by Ethiopian peacekeepers earlier this month. 4. The commander was taken to hospital and his condition is described as stable. 5. This latest attack comes weeks after assailants fired shots at an Ethiopian peacekeeper and torched two vehicles at the same base in Aden where Saturday's incident occurred.?

UN vehicle torched, commander wounded What You Need To Know

A United Nations vehicle was set on fire and its commander injured in the latest attack on international forces in restive southwestern Yemen. Here's what you need to know.

1. The incident occurred Saturday in Aden, Yemen's second-largest city, which has been held by separatists since July 2019.

2. The attackers also torched a vehicle belonging to an Egyptian peacekeeper and wounded his commander before fleeing the scene. The Egyptian troops are part of the UN operation known as the Redeployment Coordination Committee.

3. A Yemeni military source said the assailants were dressed in uniforms of pro-government forces, suggesting they could have been government loyalists seeking revenge for the killing of a Yemeni soldier by Ethiopian peacekeepers earlier this month.

4. The commander was taken to hospital and his condition is described as stable.

5. This latest attack comes weeks after assailants fired shots at an Ethiopian peacekeeper and torched two vehicles at the same base in Aden where Saturday's incident occurred.


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