U.S. And Yemeni Forces Have Launched 'Massive And Unprecedented' Attacks Against Al Qaeda Training Bases In Yemen

Source: 'Massive And Unprecedented' Attack Targets al Qaeda In Yemen -- CNN

(CNN) -- An operation targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is under way in Abyan and Shabwa, Yemen, a high-level Yemeni government official who is being briefed on the strikes told CNN on Monday.

The official said that the scale of the strikes against AQAP is "massive and unprecedented" and that at least 30 militants have been killed. The operation involved Yemeni commandos who are now "going after high-level AQAP targets," the official said.

A day earlier, suspected drone strikes targeted al Qaeda fighters in Yemen for the second time in two days, killing "at least a dozen," the government official said.

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