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US military: Yemen raid kills seven al Qaeda militants

WASHINGTON -- The United States military said a raid against an al Qaeda compound in Yemen on Tuesday morning (local time) killed seven militants, with two US officials saying the primary objective of the raid was to gather intelligence.

 

US Central Command said in a statement that the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants were killed "through a combination of small arms fire and precision airstrikes" in the Marib governorate with the support of the Yemeni government.

 


פרסום ראשון: 05.23.17, 08:05