Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has announced the death of one of its commanders in a US air strike in Yemen, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Rita Katz, director of SITE which monitors jihadist groups online, said that AQAP did not mention any date or location for the death of Salih bin Salim bin Ubayd ’Abolan (aka Abu 'Umayr al-Hadhrami), but pointed to Twitter reports of a US air strike that killed three AQAP terrorists on November 14.


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