US President Donald Trump announces the US has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an Al Qaeda leader.
US President Donald Trump has announced the US has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an Al Qaeda leader who claimed responsibility for last year's deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
Mr Trump confirmed reports that al-Rimi had been killed, but he did not say when the killing happened While Mr Trump confirmed reports that al-Rimi had been killed, he did not say when the US operation was conducted or offer any details about how it was carried out.In late January, a suspected US drone strike destroyed a building housing Al Qaeda militants in eastern Yemen.
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