US Strike Kills Five Al-Qaeda Members in Southern Yemen: Security Sources
'Residents of the area informed us of the US strike… five Al-Qaeda members were eliminated,' said a security source in Abyan province, which borders the seat of Yemen's internationally-recognized government in Aden.
'The US strike on Friday evening north of Khabar Al-Maraqsha killed five,' said a second source, referring to a mountainous area known to be used by Al-Qaeda.
The second security source added that, though the names of those killed in the strike were not known, it was believed one of Al-Qaeda's local leaders was among the dead.
Washington once regarded the group, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), as the militant network's most dangerous branch.
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