US 'works closely' with Yemeni government on rocket attack

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday it was "working closely" with the Yemeni government on a rocket attack that targeted a compound in Sanaa where US oil experts were reportedly housed.

"We are working quite well and quite closely with the Yemeni government on it," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when asked for details of the attack.

He then referred journalists to a message available to Americans living in Yemen via the US embassy, which said it had reports that the area of the Al-Hadda Compound in southwestern Sanaa was targeted by three explosive rounds.

Two of them exploded inside the compound and one outside, but there "have been no reports of injuries," according to the so-called warden message on the embassy...