Drone strikes in Yemen

Drone strikes and covert operations in Yemen.

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Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft fly over northern Iraq Sept. 23, 2014, after conducting airstrikes in Syria. The aircraft were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria. President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U.S. personnel from extremists known as ISIL. U.S. Central Command directed the operations. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch, U.S. Air Force/Released)

US airstrike on al Qaeda training camp ‘kills 50’ – biggest Pentagon attack in Yemen for five years

March 23, 2016 by Jack Serle and Abigail Fielding-Smith - No comments

US jets kill at least 40 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen.

Podcast: Amid the fog of war, do we actually know who belongs to al Qaeda in Yemen now?

July 2, 2015 by Abigail Fielding-Smith - No comments

Shabwa, Yemen – Flickr/dianadrz Distinguishing between militants in Yemen and those merely associated with them is getting harder as the country’s war drags on, correspondent Iona Craig told this week’s Drone News. In conversation with the Open Society Justice Initiative’s Amrit Singh, … Continued