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US drone kills two Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s Marib
2023-02-28
[Shafaq News] Two al-Qaeda members were killed by a US drone in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
Sources told Sputnik that the US air strike shook a house in the Houson al-Jalal region in the Wadi Abeda district, east to Maareb, killing two and injuring another.

The incident is the last in a series of similar strikes on al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Last January, a drone struck a vehicle carrying three al-Qaeda turbans near a fuel station in the Wadi Ubaidah district in Marib province.

Local media said Hassan al-Hadrami, an al-Qaeda explosives expert, was among those killed in the attack.

For years, the US carried out Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s against al-Qaeda elements in Yemen, some of which killed prominent leaders of the terrorist organization.
Hodhod Yemen News adds:
Local sources indicated that the American drone bombed a house believed to have included al-Qaeda operatives in the Jalal area in Wadi Ubaidah.

The sources confirmed that the raid caused a major explosion in the area and left at least two dead.

This American air attack came, in light of the escalation of air attacks on areas under the control of the Saudi and Emirati backed factions.
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