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Al-Qaida in Yemen says leading member killed by US air strike

By REUTERS

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 14:23

The Yemeni arm of al-Qaida said on Thursday that one of its leading members had been killed by a US air strike while traveling in a car in the southern province of Shabwa on Jan. 31.

Three other al-Qaida fighters were also killed in the strike, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said in statement posted on Twitter.

Sheikh Harith bin Ghazi al-Nathari was on AQAP's legal committee and served as an adviser on legal and religious affairs, the statement said.

AQAP claimed responsibility for last month's deadly attack on France's Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris and is regarded as one of the global militant group's most potent branches.

Saturday's strike was followed by at least two more, showing there has been no let up in a US campaign against suspected militants despite a power vacuum created by the advance of Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels into Sanaa and the resignation of president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

On Monday, at least three al-Qaida suspects were killed by a US drone in southeastern Yemen.

The United States has been cooperating with Yemeni security forces to track and kill suspected AQAP members in Yemen's deserts - a strategy that rights groups have criticized for causing repeated civilian deaths.

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