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US forces kill dozens of Daesh terrorists in Yemen

'Yemen has been a hub for terrorist recruiting, training and transit for years,' Pentagon says

Ersin Çelik
09:15 - 17/10/2017 Tuesday
Update: 09:18 - 17/10/2017 Tuesday
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US forces killed dozens of Daesh terrorists in a strike on two of its training camps in Yemen’s al Bayda governorate, the Pentagon said Monday.

“Daesh used the camps to train militants to conduct terror attacks using AK-47s, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and endurance training,” it said in a statement, to Daesh of Iraq and Syria.

The Pentagon did not describe how the strikes were conducted, but the Associated Press has claimed that drones were used during the strikes.

Daesh has used ungoverned spaces of Yemen to plot, direct, instigate, supply and recruit for attacks against America and its allies around the world, the statement said, adding Yemen has been a hub for terrorist recruiting, training and transit for years.

"In coordination with the government of Yemen, U.S. forces are supporting ongoing counterterrorism operations in Yemen against Daesh and al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to degrade the groups' ability to coordinate external terror attacks and limit their ability to hold territory seized from the legitimate government of Yemen," it added.


#al Bayda governorate
#Daesh
#drone strike
#pentagon
#terrorism
#United States
#Yemen
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