A US Special Operations member died of injuries suffered during a raid against al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, the military said Sunday. According to a statement from US Central Command (Centcom), 14 militants were killed during the operation. In recent months, US Special Operations forces have partnered with troops from the United Arab Emirates to help target and go after al-Qaeda militants in Yemen. The assault, a Yemeni official said, killed 35 to 40 people in the village, though other figures in local media suggested a lower death toll. The last time US forces staged a raid on this scale was in December 2014, a few months before the country descended into civil war.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 29, 2017 20:58 UTC