Suspected US drones fired missiles at Al-Qaeda targets in two separate attacks in Yemen earlier today, residents said, extending several days of US strikes against the militant group.
- US airstrikes have targeted Al-Qaeda bases in Yemen for five consecutive days
Residents said an airstrike hit the home of an Al-Qaeda suspect in the village of Noufan in central Al-Bayda province, and another struck a mountainous area believed to house a training camp in Al-Saeed in southern Shabwa province.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the raids, which took place in areas controlled by Al-Qaeda fighters; however civilians have not been left unaffected.
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Yesterday in Abyan, suspected Al-Qaeda militants opened fired on a Yemeni military checkpoint in the southern province, killing six Yemeni soldiers and a civilian.
Houthis have condemned such strikes saying: “The attacks will never be fruitful without security and intelligence cooperation with our authorities which fight Al-Qaeda and Daesh.”
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