US says airstrikes killed "dozens" of militants in Yemen
Posted October 16, 2017 7:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military says it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters in airstrikes on two training camps in Yemen.
In a statement, the Pentagon said the airstrikes on Monday disrupted the Islamic State group's attempts to train new fighters to conduct attacks using AK-47s, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
The statement was not specific about how the U.S. attacks were conducted, but a defense official said they were carried out by drones. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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