A suspected U.S. drone strike on a car in eastern Yemen have killed three men who were believed to be al Qaeda militants on Monday, officials said while suggesting U.S. security operations are continuing despite a political crisis in the volatile Arab country. Read more from Reuters:
President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government quit on Thursday in a confrontation with an Iranian-allied armed group, depriving Washington of a staunch ally in its campaign against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
The attack by a remotely piloted plane in Marib province was the first since the departure of Hadi, and signals Washington’s campaign against AQAP is continuing, at least in its use of drones, despite his absence. AQAP claimed responsibility for deadly shootings in Paris on Jan. 7 and American officials fear al Qaeda will gain strength in Yemen’s current power vacuum.
Two U.S. security officials said on Friday the collapse of the U.S.-backed government had left America’s counter-terrorism campaign “paralyzed”, dealing a major setback to U.S. efforts to undermine one of al Qaeda’s most potent wings.
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