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March 3, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/accelerating-yemen-campaign-us-conducts-flurry-of-strikes-targeting-al-qaeda/2017/03/02/8a9af8cc-ff91-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html

U.S. Conducts Flurry of Airstrikes Targeting al-Qaeda in Yemen

(Washington Post) Missy Ryan, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Ali Al-Mujahed - The U.S. conducted 25 airstrikes by manned and unmanned aircraft on al-Qaeda targets in Yemen on Thursday, far more than on any single night in recent history. Local news media reported that "hundreds" of militants were slain. The flurry of activity comes as the U.S. seeks to step up its actions in Yemen. A defense official said that the military had been granted temporary authority to conduct intensified air operations against al-Qaeda in some areas of Yemen.

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