U.S. says al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader killed in Yemen air strike

U.S. says al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader killed in Yemen air strike
# 14 January 2017 04:08 (UTC +04:00)

A senior leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed in a U.S. air strike on Sunday in Yemen, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday, APA reports quoting Reuters.

AQAP leader Abd al-Ghani al-Rasas was killed in the air strike in a remote area of al Bayda Governorate in Yemen, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in the statement.

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