Drone Strike Kills Three 'Qaida' Gunmen in Yemen

An unmanned drone struck a car Monday in southeastern Yemen, killing three suspected al-Qaida gunmen, a security official said.

The drone targeted a vehicle in the village of al-Qatan, in the province of Hadramawt, where Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) remains active despite Yemeni military operations and U.S. drone strikes targeting its leaders.

The U.S. military operates all the unmanned drones flying over Yemen, but U.S. officials rarely discuss the covert campaign.

Yemen is the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden and the home base of AQAP, which the United States views as the global jihadist network's most dangerous franchise.