Mohammed Aydah, a correspondent for Saudi-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya, was killed after a bomb attached to his car exploded in eastern Yemen, the network said on Thursday.
Aydah, a Yemeni journalist who worked for Al Arabiya and its sister channel Al Hadath, was killed late on Wednesday in the city of Mukalla, in Hadramout Governorate.
According to Al Arabiya, local security authorities warned Aydah around a month ago that his life was under threat. The network did not provide further details, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The killing comes amid heightened political tensions in Yemen. Clashes between Saudi-backed forces loyal to the internationally recognised government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) flared between November and January.
During the fighting, control of Mukalla changed hands before government forces regained the city.
The STC condemned the assassination, saying the attack highlighted broader security problems in Hadramout. It blamed the situation on the dismantling of units previously under its command, saying those forces had helped drive al Qaeda out of the region in 2016.
Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council chairman, Rashad al-Alimi, ordered the formation of a high-level joint committee to investigate the killing.
He said the state would "spare no effort" in tracking down those responsible.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi movement seized the capital, Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention.
The country remains one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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