Terrorist group Al-Qaeda on Sunday (March 5) confirmed that a senior member of the jihadist group in Yemen has been killed in a suspected air strikes, said SITE Intelligence Group.
AFP reported citing security and local government sources that Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi had been killed. The sources identified him as a top leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The United States regards AQAP among Al Qaeda's more dangerous branches.
Dubai: Al Qaeda said on Saturday it had swapped prisoners with the Iran backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, retrieving two of its fighters in the exchange,.