A US airstrike has targeted an al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) training camp in a mountainous region of Yemen. The US has said that more than 70 fighters were using the camp and dozens were killed. Spokesman for the Pentagon, Peter Cook, said that the attack underlined the military’s “commitment to defeating al-Qaeda and denying it safe haven." However, Yemeni security officials have reported that the air strike hit a former military base that the group had overrun near its stronghold of Mukalla in the south west. The air strike marked the most recent against AQAP; in June, the US targeted a number of the group’s commanders in drone attacks.
A US airstrike has targeted an al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) training camp in a mountainous region of Yemen. The US has said that more than 70 fighters were using the camp and dozens were killed. Spokesman for the Pentagon, Peter Cook, said that the attack underlined the military’s “commitment to defeating al-Qaeda and denying it safe haven." However, Yemeni security officials have reported that the air strike hit a former military base that the group had overrun near its stronghold of Mukalla in the south west. The air strike marked the most recent against AQAP; in 2015, the US targeted a number of the group’s commanders in drone attacks.