Yemen: Drone strike killed an al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader
Officials in Yemen confirmed on Friday that a US-led drone strike in the southern province of al-Bayda, which is believed to be a stronghold of al-Qaeda in the region, took down a reported four terror militants, including a top al-Qaeda leader, Qayib al-Dhahab, from the Dhahad clan.
“Qayid al-Dhahab, chief of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in al-Bayda province, was killed along with two of his bodyguards by missiles of a US drone this morning,” Xinhua quoted local security official as saying.
Security sources explained that its intelligence services knew that a meeting would take place in Rada’a and in the light of such information a tactical strike was set up and carried out.