Yemen

US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike that targeted the group’s leader for Baydah. The Yemeni military killed six AQAP fighters in Zinjibar and said it has taken key positions outside of Jaar.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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