Drone strike kills three Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Three suspected Al Qaeda members were killed in an apparent US drone strike in Yemen`s jihadist-held southeastern port city of Mukalla, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.
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Sanaa: Three suspected Al Qaeda members were killed in an apparent US drone strike in Yemen`s jihadist-held southeastern port city of Mukalla, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.
The strike killed a "leading figure" within Al Qaeda, the official said, without disclosing his name.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has exploited months of fighting in Yemen between Iran-backed rebels and the beleaguered Saudi-backed government to consolidate its grip on Hadramawt`s provincial capital Mukalla -- a city of more than 200,000.
The United States considers AQAP to be the extremist group`s deadliest global franchise and regularly targets its militants with armed drone strikes on Yemeni territory.
It is the only government that operates the unmanned aircraft over the impoverished country.
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