Two Al-Qaeda leaders, including Saudi national, killed in airstrikes in Shabwa, Abyan

SHABWA, Feb.15 (YPA) -Two prominent leaders of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, including a Saudi national, were killed in separate airstrikes in the governorates of Abyan and Shabwa, which are under the control of the Saudi-led coalition in southeastern Yemen.

Informed sources confirmed that a senior figure, known by the alias Abu Muhammad al-Hudhali al-Makki—a Saudi national—was killed in a US airstrike on the Musayna’ah area in the Al-Saeed district, south of Ataq in Shabwa governorate, which is controlled by UAE-backed factions, last Wednesday.

The sources also reported the death of another leader, Ayoub Al-Lahji, in a similar airstrike in Mudiyah district, Abyan governorate, last week.

These operations targeting the organization’s leaders followed the death of another leader, Abu Yusuf Al-Mahdi Al-Hadrami, earlier in February. He was killed in an explosion involving a booby-trapped motorcycle in the Wadi district, east of Marib city, which is controlled by the Islah Party.

The governorates of Abyan, Shabwa, and Marib have witnessed a significant presence of terrorist elements, especially after Saudi Arabia gathered these groups into training camps following the cleansing operations carried out by Sana’a forces in the Al-Bayda districts in recent years.

@E.Y.M