Airwars assessment
On February 27th 2023, a reported US drone strike hit a house near Al-Fateh School, in the Al-Hosen region of Wadi Abeda district in Marib, Yemen. According to local sources, two to three people were killed and up to one person was seriously injured. It was widely reported that the men killed and injured were members of Al-Qaeda, including a commander of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
A source on Twitter @aalnaaasi tweeted, alongside other local and international sources, for example AFP, that that one man killed in the attack was top leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, reported to be Hamad Hammoud Al-Tamimi, also known as “Abdulaziz Al-Adnani,”
Local government sources also told AFP that the other man that died was a Yemeni bodyguard.
According to various local sources, the house was “newly rented”, only a few days to “ten days” before the strike occurred.
There has been no official release from the US declaring this strike.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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"The killing of the leader Al-Mukhal / Hamad Hammoud Al-Tamimi - known as Abdulaziz Al-Adnani - a Saudi national, in an air strike carried out by an American drone that targeted a house last Sunday in the Ma'rib Valley" As reported by @aalnaasi / Twitter
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"According to eyewitnesses, the house was rented by two people a few days ago. The raid comes days after a prisoner exchange deal between al-Houthi and al-Qaeda." (Image via @mosher511 / Twitter)