The US military said Monday it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters at the group’s training camps in central Yemen, in the first such strikes in the country’s conflict. Witnesses said villagers were prevented by tribal leaders from approaching the area and retrieving the dead and wounded for fear of additional strikes. “US forces killed dozens of ISIS members in a strike on two ISIS training camps… in Al-Bayda Governorate, Yemen, disrupting the organisation’s attempts to train new fighters,” US Central Command, which oversees US forces in the region, said in a statement. The US is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen, but previous known strikes have exclusively targeted Al-Qaeda. The Yemen war has killed 8,673 people and wounded 58,636 — among them many civilians, according to the UN.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 17, 2017 05:03 UTC