Aden: A drone strike killed two suspected Al Qaida members in southern Yemen on Thursday, a security official said.
The strike targeted the pair in a military vehicle at an Al Qaida checkpoint in Shabwa province, the official told AFP.
The United States has carried out numerous drone strikes in Yemen.
It has vowed no let-up in its war against the militants, who have exploited the power vacuum created by a conflict between the government and Huthi rebels to expand their presence in south and southeast Yemen.
A Saudi-led coalition which is militarily backing the Yemeni government has also turned its sights on the terrorists.
Washington considers the Yemen-based Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to be the network’s deadliest franchise.
The crevice in the ground marks the site of the first drone
strike in Pakistan in 2006.
Image Credit: Faryal Leghari /Gulf News
