Drone strikes kill 5 Qaeda suspects in Yemen

August 25, 2016 00:44

Drone strikes killed five Al-Qaeda suspects travelling in cars in provinces of southern and eastern Yemen today, security sources said.

Three people died when a rocket fired from a drone struck their vehicle in a desert area of Marib province, east of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, a security source said.

Another security official said a separate drone attack in the southern province of Shabwa killed two suspects in a car on a road leading from provincial capital Ataq to nearby Nisab.

The United States has carried out numerous drone strikes against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Yemen.

American officials said this month that the US military had killed three AQAP fighters in a strike, also in Shabwa.

AQAP has exploited a power vacuum created by a conflict between the government and Shiite rebels to expand its presence in south and southeast Yemen.

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