U.S. Drone Attack Kills 4 in Southeastern Yemen

Date: 15 May 2018 - 21:10

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ADEN, Yemen (Dispatches) – At least four people were killed when a U.S. drone targeted their vehicles in the southeastern province of Shabwa early Tuesday, a security official told Xinhua.
The U.S. claimed they were al-Qaeda members.
"Two vehicles of al-Qaeda militants were struck with American missiles, leaving at least four terrorists killed at the scene," the local security official said on condition of anonymity.
Local residents also said the two vehicles were completely destroyed with four charred bodies found in the area.
The U.S. carries out drone attacks in Yemen and several other Islamic countries, claiming to be targeting al-Qaeda elements. However, local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks.
The drone strikes in Yemen continue alongside the Saudi military aggression against the impoverished conflict-ridden country.
Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime.
More than 12,000 people have been killed since the onset of the campaign more than two and a half years ago. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.
The Saudi-led war has also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has taken advantage of the chaos and breakdown of security in Yemen to tighten its grip on the southern and southeastern parts of the Arab country.

Yemenis gather around burning wreckage of a drone in the country's capital Sana’a, on October 1, 2017.