US air strikes in Yemen kill 15 al Qaeda militants - Pentagon

Yemeni Al Qaeda chief Nasser al-Wuhayshi speaks at an unknown location in this still image taken from video obtained by Reuters TV. Al Qaeda in Yemen said al-Wuhayshi, was killed in a US bombing in a major blow against the global militant group's strongest branch. On Friday June 2 2016, air strikes killed 15 more militants. Photo/REUTERS
Yemeni Al Qaeda chief Nasser al-Wuhayshi speaks at an unknown location in this still image taken from video obtained by Reuters TV. Al Qaeda in Yemen said al-Wuhayshi, was killed in a US bombing in a major blow against the global militant group's strongest branch. On Friday June 2 2016, air strikes killed 15 more militants. Photo/REUTERS

The US military said it carried out an air strike in Yemen in May, killing four al Qaeda militants, and disclosed three other strikes that had not been previously reported.

The previously undisclosed strikes in Yemen range from February to March and killed 11 al Qaeda militants, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday.

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