The drone attacks ( drone ) United States ( U.S. ) killed two suspected local leader of al Qaeda in Marib province , Central Yemen , Monday night ( 10/3 ) , a security official said the province to the Xinhua news agency .
" The drone strikes tonight aimed at a car carrying Al-Qaeda regional leader , Mohammed Jabir al- Shabwani and Abdullah bin Hamad Mubarak , in Wadi Abida , Marib , " the official said on condition of anonymity .
The car was also destroyed and burned by three drone missiles the U.S. , he added .
U.S. drones have carried out attacks in one week with four suspected members of Al-Qaeda targets in Yemen , Xinhua reported .
On Wednesday ( 5/3 ) , a U.S. drone attacked a vehicle in Al - Jawf province , northern Yemen , killing two suspected members of Al Qaeda .
Two days earlier , another drone attack killed a suspected member of Al Qaeda in Marib province .
U.S. drone attacks increase his own against suspected members of al -Qaeda targets in Yemen since President Abd - Rabbu Mansour Hadi took office in February 2012 , after an agreement of support of the United Nations ( UN) to get rid of the president Ali Abdullah Saleh from office .
Early March is the White House promised to continue to support counter - terrorism efforts launched by the government with the aim expel Al Qaeda from Yemen group .
But critics said the U.S. drone attacks often violate international law and resulted in many civilian casualties .
For example , the December 2013 U.S. drone attack mistakenly when the bullet slammed into a wedding party in the province of al - Bayda , Yemen Southeast , seningga killing 11 civilians and wounding 21 people in Yemen again .
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