Five al Qaeda terrorists killed in Yemen strike

Published December 8, 2017 7:35pm ET



The U.S. Central Command announced Friday that it killed five members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in airstrikes in Yemen last month, including two senior AQAP leaders.

Mujahid al-Adani, identified as an AQAP leader in Shabwah, was killed in the Nov. 20 strikes, along with facilitator Abu Layth al-Sanaani and three other associates, according to a Central Command release.

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