At least six civilians, including children, were killed in Yemen on Friday when a roadside bomb believed to be planted by Al-Qaeda went off in the country"s southeast, a Yemeni security official said. At least six others were wounded in the blast, the second attack in less than a week in Al-Qatn village in the vast Hadramaut region Al-Qaeda"s local affiliate in Yemen, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has taken advantage of a civil war between the Iran-aligned Houthi group and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi"s government to strengthen its position in the impoverished country. AQAP operates in several provinces in south and eastern Yemen, including in Abyan, Shabwa and Al-Bayda.