Al Qaeda member killed in Yemen strike

November 06, 2014 00:45

An Al Qaeda leader in Yemen was among those killed in what a Yemeni official called a "counter-terrorism strike," the latest such strike at a time of intensified fighting in the Arab nation.

The Yemeni official said Wednesday that those killed include Shawki al-Badani, whom the US State Department named a "specially designated global terrorist" in June.

So, too, was Nabil al-Dahab, a top member of the conservative Salafist group Ansar al Sharia.

Initial reports out of Yemen sometimes prove untrue.

That said, a US official said a drone did carry out an attack in Yemen that the United States "believes was successful."

The US official did not confirm the identities of those killed in the strike.

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