3 Qaeda scum hit in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen — Suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed three Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen’s southwestern Bayda Province, security and tribal officials said, the first such killings reported in the country since Donald Trump assumed the presidency Friday.

The two Saturday strikes killed Abu Anis al-Abi, an area field commander, and two others, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity since they were not authorized to release the information to journalists.

U.S. drone strikes against suspected Al Qaeda targets have been commonplace in the years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The use of unmanned aircraft as well as air strikes in the Arab world’s poorest country rose dramatically under President Barack Obama.