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Three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in Maarib Province, east of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in what local officials sources said was a strike by a U.S. drone late on Thursday.
They said that the suspects were hit as they were travelling in a car in the Wadi Obaida area, in the oil-producing Maarib Province.
Several explosions were heard, witnesses said, after which they saw a car on fire with three burnt bodies inside it.
The U.S. has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the network.
They said that the suspects were hit as they were travelling in a car in the Wadi Obaida area, in the oil-producing Maarib Province.
Several explosions were heard, witnesses said, after which they saw a car on fire with three burnt bodies inside it.
The U.S. has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the network.
