A U.S. drone killed at least six suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen’s southeastern province of Maareb on Thursday, officials said, the sixth such strike in less than two weeks.
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The strike follows Yemen’s announcement on Wednesday that it had foiled a plot by al Qaeda to seize two major oil and gas export terminals and a provincial capital in the east of the country…
At least 20 suspected militants have been killed since July 28, when a drone strike killed at least four members of Ansar al-Sharia, a local militant group affiliated to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the most active branches of the network founded by Osama bin Laden.
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