A US drone strike reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants travelling in a car near Al-Adwas, Hadramout governorate, likely overnight from April 2nd to April 3rd. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm.<\/p>\n
Several sources including YN News reported that AQAP militants were targeted, and one specified that they were targeted while in a car. No known sources mentioned numbers of militant casualties, if any, due to the strike.<\/p>\n
No sources specified the time at which the strike took place, though almost all were published early on April 3rd 2017, indicating that the strike likely took place overnight from April 2nd to 3rd.<\/p>\n
This reported event took place amid a dramatic intensification of US operations against AQAP in March 2017. 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