
The terrorist leader, Mabkhut al-Saeeiri, was killed in Hadhramaut, southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, Sky News reported.
US drones have recently bombarded Al-Qaeda bases in southern and eastern Yemen.
The US increased its drone strikes on Al-Qaeda bases in Al Bayda', central Yemen on October, 2017.
The Pentagon had earlier announced that a number of Al-Qaeda and Daesh commanders and ringleaders were killed in Yemen.
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