Yemen Says No. 2 in AQAP Has Been Killed in Airstrike

Said al-Shihri, allegedly the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen, government officials say. Al-Shihri was reportedly killed with six others in the Hadramawt area last Wednesday in what some...

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Yemen Investigates Civilians Killed by US Drone

Yemen has sent tribal representative to investigate the civilians killed by an apparent US drone strike launched over the weekend, according to AFP. "Three women and a child were among 14 people killed in Sunday's strike near the town of Radaa," reports AFP. The...

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