White House says the U.S. has killed Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The White House said Thursday that the U.S. has killed Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
A White House statement said al-Rimi was killed in Yemen but did not say when. The counterterrorism operation was conducted at the direction of President Donald Trump, it said. Tribal leaders in Yemen said Saturday that a suspected U.S. drone strike destroyed a building housing al Qaeda militants the previous week, and Trump retweeted several tweets and media reports that seemed to offer confirmation that the Jan. 25 strike killed al-Rimi,at the time. The Arabian Peninsula branch is often referred to as AQAP.
"Under Rimi, AQAP committed unconscionable violence against civilians in Yemen and sought to conduct and inspire numerous attacks against the United States and our forces,"Qassim al-Rimi, suspected to be the military chief of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, pictured on a Yemeni Interior Ministry document.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.
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