Strike kills 12 Yemen militants, minister escapes attack
(Reuters) - Gunmen riddled the car of Yemen's information minister with bullets as he left a cabinet meeting in the capital on Tuesday but he escaped from the assassination attempt unhurt, an aide said.
In southern Yemen, at least 12 al Qaeda militants, including four local leaders, were killed in a drone strike in southern Yemen. It was one of the biggest such strikes believed to have been carried out by the United States in Yemen.
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In the drone strike, between 12 and 15 people were killed in the attack on militants travelling in two vehicles, a tribal leader told Reuters. The dead included at least four leaders of Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), he said.
Residents said the drone hit the militants overnight east of Lawdar in Abyan province. No civilians were hurt, they said.
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