This file photo shows two freshly assembled Grey Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles on the tarmac at Forward Operating Base Shan in Logar Province, Afghanistan.[/caption]At least nine people have been killed in yet another US drone strike in Yemens southern province of Shabwa.
Local officials said on Saturday that the victims were al-Qaeda militants.
"Several drone strikes have targeted al-Qaeda positions in Nusab [in Shabwa province], killing nine members of the network," a Yemeni security source said.
Last month, a similar airstrike killed at least six militants in the same province.
The Saturday drone strike came two days after Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatened that it will execute a US journalist Luke Somers who was kidnapped more than a year ago in Sanaa. Some sources say he has been released.
The US carries out targeted killings through drone strikes in several Muslim countries, such as Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia.
The United Nations and several human rights organizations have identified the US as the worlds number-one user of targeted killings, largely due to its drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
By Press TV
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