Three suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike
Al-Huriya News Agency - Three more suspected al-Qaeda militants have been killed in a drone strike in southern Yemen, local officials say.
The men were travelling in a car in Shabwa province early on Monday when it was hit by a missile and destroyed. Witnesses told the AFP news agency that a helicopter arrived soon afterwards to retrieve their bodies, suggesting one might have been a senior militant.
More than 40 militants are now believed to have been killed in a series of drone strikes over the past three days.
On Sunday, drones fired missiles at al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) training camps in the remote, mountainous area of Wadi Ghadina, in the neighbouring province of Abyan, killing about 30.
An official source at the High Security Committee was cited by the state news agency, Saba, as saying those targeted were "leading and dangerous elements" of al-Qaeda and were of various nationalities.
The operation was based on "certain intelligence information that terrorist elements were training in those camps and planning to target vital civilian and military facilities", the official added.
On Saturday, a drone strike on a lorry in the central province of Bayda killed another 10 suspected militants and three civilians, according to Saba. Officials said intelligence had suggested that AQAP planned to attack military and civilian sites in the city of Bayda.
