(Previous Incident Code: YEMT086B)

A US drone strike killed two suspected AQAP militants in southern Yemen late on June 30th 2017, residents and local sources told Reuters. No other known sources reported a strike at that time, and there were no associated reports of civilian harm.

According to Reuters, “Another suspected U.S. drone strike killed two men believed to be al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen late on Friday, residents and local sources said.”

The Reuters report also detailed a later strike on July 1st, in Abyan governorate (USYEMTr087).