Aden – Five operatives of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed when a U.S. drone strike targeted their vehicle in Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda on Tuesday, said a security source.
It also confirmed that missiles destroyed a vehicle carrying al-Qaida operatives in the mountains of Radaa area in central al-Bayda province.
Scores of the al-Qaida gunmen launched numerous armed attacks against positions of army troops loyal to the Shiite Houthi group in al-Bayda province in the past few days, according to the same source.
On Tuesday, the United States announced that its military killed 13 al-Qaida militants in three separate strikes in Yemen in recent weeks.
According to the United Nations, the military conflict has left more than 6,400 dead, displaced thousands and left the country’s civilians facing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
