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Suspected US drone strike kills 5 al-Qaida militants in Yemen

By REUTERS

AUGUST 12, 2015 13:46

ADEN - A suspected US drone strike killed five al-Qaida fighters in eastern Yemen on Wednesday, officials said, as Islamist militant groups claimed a string of attacks in the war-torn country.

The officials said the bombs hit the men in their car while they were traveling on a coast road east of the Arabian Sea port of Mukalla, which was occupied by al-Qaida fighters in April after security forces retreated.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is the deadliest branch of the global militant organization and has taken advantage of a war pitting Houthi militiamen against forces loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to grab territory and operate more openly.

The chaos has also given rise to a Yemeni branch of the hardline Islamic State group, which on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a bomb planted near a police car in the capital Sanaa. No one was hurt in the blast.

Al-Qaida on Tuesday said it carried out 12 separate gun and bomb attacks on Houthi fighters in the central province on al-Bayda. It was immediately possible to confirm the claims.

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