Sunday 30 November 2025 - 14:22
Al-Qaeda Motorcyclist Taken Out by U.S. Drone in Marib
A U.S. drone strike on a motorcycle in the outskirts of Marib resulted in the deaths of two al-Qaeda members.
A U.S. drone strike on a motorcycle in the outskirts of Marib resulted in the deaths of two al-Qaeda members.
According to local sources in Shabwah province, a U.S. MQ-9 drone carried out two airstrikes targeting the location of an al-Qaeda member in Wadi Khura, situated in the district of Markhah al-Sufla in southwestern Shabwah.
On November 3, American drones struck a motorcycle linked to al-Qaeda operatives in the Al-Shabwan area, located in northern Marib province. The primary target of the strike was Abu Muhammad al-Sanaani, a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He was wounded in the attack and died hours later due to severe bleeding and injuries sustained.
A major assault by al-Qaeda militants targeted the 1st Logistics Support Brigade base of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in al-Mahfad district, Abyan province. The attack left four STC fighters dead and 14 wounded. Parts of the base and the local government building were also damaged.
A U.S. military airstrike hit the Markhah Sufla district in Yemen’s Shabwah province, resulting in the death and injury of two alleged al-Qaeda members—Mohammed Khamis bin Arfaj and Saqr al-Humaikani—along with several of their family members.
The so-called US Embassy in Yemen issued a statement condemning the security operation conducted by Yemeni government forces against ISIS cells in Al-Bayda Governorate!
Less than half a year has passed since the Jabhat Nusra announced that it wants to “peacefully coexist” with the Zionists and with the mediation of the Americans. In addition to this, the international jihadists preach anti-Iranian and anti-Shiite sentiments almost every day, thereby fully implementing the Zionist agenda.
An Al-Qaeda-affiliated media outlet has revealed the relationship between the group and Abdolmalek Rigi, the late ringleader of the Jundallah terrorist group.
The United States’ fighter jets and drones carried out 379 airstrikes on Yemen from November 2002 to August 2023 under the pretext of fighting the Al-Qaeda terrorist group and its allies. These attacks did not have an effective and important role in preventing war in Yemen and limited the central government’s measures to establish security and stability in the Arab country.
ISWNews Analysis Group – An unknown drone (probably American) attacked a house in Al Jalal area, located in the east of Marib city on February 26. This attack led to the explosion and burning of a part of the house, and at least two people were living there, most likely both of them were killed.
ISWNews Analysis Group – A newly released video footage of Ayman al-Zawahiri, ringleader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization, has strengthened speculations that his death in a US drone strike was not an authentic story.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Khalid Saeed Batarfi, also known as Abu al-Miqdad al-Kindi who is a Saudi Arabian militant and the current emir of Al-Qaeda terrorist group in the Arabian Peninsula, has called on the people of the Saudi Kingdom to rise up against the Al Saud family in order to overthrow the regime.
