A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed on Tuesday in an intelligence operation in an area located between governorates of Marib and Al-Jawaf.
The Yemeni News Agency(Saba) said that Muqbil Al-Omda who was the financial official of al-Qaea and the fourth-most wanted man was killed.
The source did not mention the time of the operation, but it said that the security intelligence made a progress in killing most leaders of Al-Qaeda.
A US drone had raided on Sunday a car convey in Wadi Abidah of Marib, 20 kilometers away of the city of Marib, leaving three persons killed.
The United States launches from time to time strikes against Yemeni areas, and it says that it raids strongholds of Al-Qaeda in Yemen.
According to Yemen's Defense Ministry, most veteran leaders of Al-Qaeda were killed and some others could escape outside the governorate of Abyan.
Local sources affirmed that the Yemeni army could control on the southeast of the town and could reach to the hear of the town after air-fighters launched strikes on the town.
The Defense Ministry affirmed that it will expand it operations to purge Abyan of Al-Qaeda, ensure the return of the displaced persons, and resume security and stability to the city.
Gerald Feierstein, the U.S. ambassador to Yemen, during a press conference at the embassy on Sunday attributed the army’s progress to changes made by President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi in the military’s leadership.
Meanwhile, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Ropert Muleler arrived in Sana'a on Tuesday and discussed with Yemen's president efforts of counterterrorism, in particular fighting against Al-Qaeda.