Buildings in ruin after an airstrike hit Yemen on 6 August 2016 [United Nations OCHA/Flickr]
Middle Weast Monitor: Yemen: US drone strikes kill 69 suspects in ten days
The US administration is increasing targeted drone strikes in Yemen, killing some 60 suspected fighters in the last ten days in addition to nine suspects yesterday, US Central Command told MEMO.
“In the last ten days, US forces have targeted and killed approximately 60 ISIS terrorists in Yemen,” Maj Earl Brown, US CENTCOM spokesman confirmed, using another name for Daesh.
Two separate airstrikes targeted moving vehicles and killed “nine ISIS terrorists in the Al-Bayda Governorate of Yemen”, Brown continued. The strikes were in coordination with the Yemen government’s ongoing counter-terrorism operations against “ISIS and AQAP to degrade the groups’ ability to coordinate external terror attacks and limit their ability to hold territory seized from the legitimate government”, Brown explained.
US CENTCOM did not respond to MEMO’s questions on the number of civilian casualties killed in the strikes.
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More News On Reports That U.S. Drone Strkes Have Killed 69 Suspected Fighters In Yemen In The Past Ten Days
US strikes ISIS in Yemen again, killing 60 terrorist targets in total -- Military Times/AP
US Drone Strike Kills Islamic Militants in Yemen -- Voice of America
US drone strikes in Yemen kill at least 9 ISIS fighters, official says -- Fox News
Drone kills seven suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen: sources -- Reuters
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