Report: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 2 Suspected Al Qaeda Militants In Yemen

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A U.S. drone strike on Monday killed two suspected Al Qaeda militants and wounded three others in Yemen, the Associated Press reported:

The two killed were identified as fellow Ali Saleh Toaiman and Qassim Nasser Toaiman. Members of the same clan, both men were freed by authorities in April last year after several months in detention on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaida, according to the officials.

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