12 Yemen militants and four local leader killed in a drone
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) – On Tuesday a gunmen riddled the car of Yemen’s information minister with bullets as he left a cabinet meeting in the capital but he escaped from the assassination attempt unhurt.
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.
Both incidents highlighted the multiple security problems in Yemen which have alarmed regional power Saudi Arabia and the United States.
In the capital Sanaa, unidentified assailants opened fire on Information Minister Ali al-Amrani’s car as he prepared to leave from a cabinet meeting. The minister was not hurt, his secretary, Abdel-Basset al-Qaedi, said.
It was not cleared who was behind the attack on Amrani, who quit outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s ruling General Peoples Congress (GPC) party following the outbreak of protests against his long rule and joined his opponents.
