Trump Confirms Killing of AQAP Chief in Yemen

Washington, Feb 7 (AFP) President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that US forces had killed the leader of jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen.

The US "conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully eliminated Qassim al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)," Trump said in a White House statement.

AQAP claimed responsibility on Sunday for a December shooting at a US naval base in which a Saudi officer killed three sailors. (AFP)

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