Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 2 Militants in Yemen, While Clashes in the South Leave 34 Dead
World News • May 2012 • Views: 648
Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with al-Qaida fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed two militants.
The officials say the drone attack took place in the central province of Bayda, killing a Somali and a Yemeni militants.
Al-Qaida briefly ovverran parts of Bayda earlier this year.
Further south in Abyan province, fighting between Yemeni troops and al-Qaida fighters killed 12 soldiers and 22 al-Qaida militants.