Four suspected Al Qaeda militants killed in drone strike

ADEN: At least four suspected Al Qaeda members were killed in an apparent U.S. drone strike on a vehicle in central Yemen, residents said on Wednesday, part of an escalating campaign against the militant group.

They said the attack in Amqoz in the Moudiya district of Abyan province took place around midnight on Tuesday. Their vehicle was completely burned and the four bodies inside badly charred, they added.

Residents also reported hearing missile strikes on a suspected Al Qaeda outpost in Wadi Al Naseel area, also in Abyan province, but said the number of casualties was unknown. Abyan is one of several provinces in central and southern Yemen where Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and its local affiliate Ansar Al Sahria operate.