US drones kill more than 40 Yemenis over Easter weekend

US drones killed more than 40 Yemenis over the Easter weekend. The Obama administration claimed that it had targeted Al-Qaeda members, Yemeni and other mass media reported. Several news platforms affirmed that a large number of the dead were members of Al-Qaeda, although civilians were also among the victims.

The Yemeni news agency said that Al-Qaeda in Yemen was the target of a deadly attack on Sunday as more than 40 operatives were hit by American drones. It also said that the leader of the group has issued a video threatening to continue his war against the West.

The agency reported a tribal source saying that ten were killed on Saturday in the governorate of Al-Baydaa in the middle of the country, and about 30 were killed on Sunday in Abyan in the south of Yemen. He added that a large number were wounded when the rockets hit a training camp for the organisation in an area beyond Yemeni government control.