Sanaa Nov 3 (IANS) At least two militants of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed in a US drone strike in northeastern province of Marib a security official said.
The suspected terrorists were targeted on Thursday while driving a car in al-Huson area in al-Wadi district southeast of Marib Xinhua news agency quoted the official as saying on condition of anonymity.
The US military has stepped up drone airstrikes against Yemen-based al-Qaida branch in the Arabian Peninsula since President Donald Trump approved expanded military operations against the group.
The Yemen-based al-Qaida branch regarded by the US as the global terror network s most dangerous branch has exploited over two years of deadly civil war between Yemen s Government and Houthi rebels to expand its presence especially in the south and north-eastern provinces.
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