US targets AQAP 8 times in past 3 months
By Bill Roggio | April 2, 2019
Strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have waned over the past year, but they have not halted altogether. The US military targeted al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen eight times over the past three months, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced yesterday.
CENTCOM noted that two of the strikes took place in Marib and Al Bayda governorates in January, including the New Year’s Day airstrike that killed veteran al Qaeda Jamel al-Badawi, who planned the USS Cole bombing. The operation that killed Badawi ended a three month long pause in strikes against AQAP.
Six additional strikes, all which took place in March, occurred in Al Bayda.
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