Mar 04, 2014
Two people were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in the town of Shebwan, in Yemen's central province of Marib, according to Yemen Times. An anonymous Yemeni interior ministry official toldXinhua that two men attending sheep near the drone attack were injured. According toTheBureau of Investigative Journalism, the drone strike occurred either Sunday night or Monday morning.
Another strike Monday in Yemen's southern Abyan province killed at least one person, identified by TBIJ as Walid al Jemayzeh.
Residents of the southern Shabwa province said that, also on Monday, a suspected U.S. drone strike hit a vehicle traveling in the area, killing between two and four people. The Yemeni state news agency Sabareports that an earlier ambush against soldiers by unidentified attackers left six soldiers dead and 14 wounded.
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Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare was a staff writer for Common Dreams from 2013-2016. She is currently web editor and reporter for In These Times.
Two people were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in the town of Shebwan, in Yemen's central province of Marib, according to Yemen Times. An anonymous Yemeni interior ministry official toldXinhua that two men attending sheep near the drone attack were injured. According toTheBureau of Investigative Journalism, the drone strike occurred either Sunday night or Monday morning.
Another strike Monday in Yemen's southern Abyan province killed at least one person, identified by TBIJ as Walid al Jemayzeh.
Residents of the southern Shabwa province said that, also on Monday, a suspected U.S. drone strike hit a vehicle traveling in the area, killing between two and four people. The Yemeni state news agency Sabareports that an earlier ambush against soldiers by unidentified attackers left six soldiers dead and 14 wounded.
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Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare was a staff writer for Common Dreams from 2013-2016. She is currently web editor and reporter for In These Times.
Two people were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in the town of Shebwan, in Yemen's central province of Marib, according to Yemen Times. An anonymous Yemeni interior ministry official toldXinhua that two men attending sheep near the drone attack were injured. According toTheBureau of Investigative Journalism, the drone strike occurred either Sunday night or Monday morning.
Another strike Monday in Yemen's southern Abyan province killed at least one person, identified by TBIJ as Walid al Jemayzeh.
Residents of the southern Shabwa province said that, also on Monday, a suspected U.S. drone strike hit a vehicle traveling in the area, killing between two and four people. The Yemeni state news agency Sabareports that an earlier ambush against soldiers by unidentified attackers left six soldiers dead and 14 wounded.
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