{"id":51075,"date":"2018-07-08T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T17:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/08\/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-7-al-qaida-members-in-yemen\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:15:41","slug":"suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-7-al-qaida-members-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/08\/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-7-al-qaida-members-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected US drone strike kills 7 al-Qaida members in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANAA, Yemen \u2014 Yemeni tribal leaders say a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/18\/us-investigates-allegations-of-civilian-deaths-after-airstrike-in-yemen\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">suspected U.S. drone strike<\/a> has killed seven alleged al-Qaida militants as they were driving along a road in the country\u2019s south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tribal leaders said on Friday that the operatives were killed when an unmanned aircraft targeted their vehicle in the southern province of Shabwa. 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