Al-Qaida in Yemen’s no. 2 leader was killed by an airstrike on on Monday, reports the AP:
The officials said the missile that killed al-Shihri, a Saudi national, was believed to have been fired by a U.S. operated drone, but that couldn’t immediately be confirmed. The U.S. doesn’t usually comment on such attacks although it has used drones in the past to go after al-Qaida members in Yemen.