Baku-APA. The White House has said a raid in Yemen on an al-Qaeda stronghold that likely killed civilians was a "very thought out process", APA reports quoting BBC. .
As many as 23 civilians were killed on the raid in a village in Yakla district on Saturday, rights group Reprieve says.
They included the eight-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, a militant killed by a US strike in 2011.
The raid was the first such operation authorised by President Donald Trump.
The US military had previously said a Navy Seal died and three others were injured in the raid in a village in Yakla district. But now the US Central Command (Centcom) says that those killed could include children.
"It's hard to ever call something a complete success when you have a loss of life or people injured," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told journalists.
"But I think when you look at the totality of what was gained to prevent the future loss of life... I think it's a successful operation in all standards."
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