Summary
The United States carried out at least one new airstrike on Al-Qaeda in Yemen overnight Monday and has waged several strikes since Saturday, U.S. officials told Reuters, keeping up the pressure on the militants after starting a new push last week.
The Pentagon confirmed that a March 2 strike against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen killed a former detainee, Yasir al-Silmi, from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
At least 22 Houthi rebels were killed Monday in an airstrike by pro-government Arab coalition warplanes as well as clashes in western Yemen, officials said.
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