Report: US Airstrike in Yemen Against Al-Qaeda Kills Nine - News From Antiwar.com

US-blamed strikes eliminate nine Al-Qaeda terrorists in Yemen

Nine members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, including a local leader, killed in strikes attribued to the US in southern Yemen.

Report: US Airstrike in Yemen Against al-Qaeda Kills Nine - News From Antiwar.com

A US airstrike on Yemen's Abyan province has killed nine members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), AFP has reported, citing a Yemeni "security source." Initial reports said the strike, which occurred on Friday, killed five al-Qaeda members, but the death toll later rose. "I saw five charred bodies…

A Yemeni security source said on Saturday that the number of al-Qaeda members killed in the US strike had risen to nine. An official in Abyan province, which borders Aden, the seat of Yemen's internationally recognized government, said nine members of the group had been killed, including a local commander.

9 al-Qaeda members killed in US raids in southern Yemen

9 al-Qaeda members killed in US raids in southern Yemen

SANAA/WASHINGTON. Nine members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network have been killed in a US attack in Yemen, according to Yemeni security circles.

US drone strikes kill 6 in suspected al-Qaeda hideout in Yemen

U.S. drone strikes overnight targeted a suspected al-Qaeda hideout in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, killing at least six people, a Yemeni military official told Xinhua on Saturday. The strikes hit the mountainous Marakisha area in eastern Abyan late Friday, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. All those killed were believed to be members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based branch of the militant n…