U.S. strike on Yemen camp leaves “at least 50 al-Qaeda members dead”

U.S. strike on Yemen camp leaves “at least 50 al-Qaeda members dead”
March 23, 2016 - 15:14 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - At least 50 militants were killed in a U.S. air strike on an al-Qaeda training camp in the mountains of southern Yemen, medics and a local official said on Wednesday, March 23, according to Reuters.

The attack took place as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) recruits queued for dinner at the camp, west of the port city of Mukalla on Yemen's south coast.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that a U.S. air strike on an AQAP training camp had killed dozens of fighters but it gave no further details.

The Yemeni sources said that at least 50 people were killed and 30 wounded. The air strikes set off huge fires inside the camp, residents said, according to Reuters.

AQAP has exploited the war to expand its control in Yemen, seizing control of Mukalla, capital of Hadramout province, last year and recruiting more followers.

The United States regards AQAP, formed by the merger of the Saudi and Yemeni wings of the group in 2009, as one of the deadliest branches of the network founded by Osama bin Laden.

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