(Previous Incident Code: YEM175C )

A possible drone strike reportedly failed to kill Mehdi Salah al-Mansouri, a “prominent tribal chief” according to an unnamed security official:

The aerial raid targeted the tribal chief, along with two of his companions, but only the rear end of the car was damaged.

This strike was not widely reported and was subsequently contradicted by another anonymous Yemeni official who said it was not a drone strike but that a bomb was attached to the car.