Drone strike against a car in southeastern Yemen on Monday killed three armed men suspected al Qaeda militants , a security official said .
Drone attacks that occurred in the village of Al - Qatan in Hadramawt province , where al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula remains active despite the Yemeni military and U.S. drone attack their leaders .
The U.S. military operates all fly unmanned aircraft in Yemen , but U.S. officials almost never discuss the operation .
Monday's air strikes took place amid growing al-Qaida activity in Yemen .
The day before , on Sunday , two Yemeni officers killed in separate attacks , a security official and defense ministry website .
In the first attack , unidentified gunmen riding a car shot dead the head of security at the presidential palace in Yemen 's second largest city , Taez , the official said .
In Bayda province , southern Yemen , the deputy police chief Abdullah Mohammed killed in ' attack by armed men " , said the defense ministry website 26sep.net .
Members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is usually blamed for attacks on military personnel and officials increased in recent time in Yemen .
The group recognizes a bold daylight attack against the ministry of defense that killed 56 people on Thursday .
Two doctors from Germany , two from Vietnam and one from Yemen was killed , also two female nurses from the Philippines and one from India , the state news agency Saba .
The medical workers were killed in the attack to work at a hospital in the ministry complex .
Noon raid was the worst single attack in Yemen during 18 months .
Complex defense ministry was " invaded and attacked on Thursday ... after the Resistance proved that in that place there was a drone control room and the experts in the U.S. ," the group said on Twitter .
Al Qaeda militants strengthen their presence in southeastern Yemen , taking advantage of the weakening of the central government due to the anti - government uprising that erupted in January 2011 that eventually oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh .
Yemeni forces launched an offensive in May 2012 repulsed the militants of Al Qaeda from a number of towns and villages in southern and eastern region for more than a year to master.
Although weakened , the terror network could still launch attacks against military and police targets .
Yemen is the ancestral homeland of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and is still facing separatist violence in the north and south .
North Yemen and South Yemen formally united to form the Republic of Yemen in 1990, but many in the south , home to most of Yemen's oil , saying that the north uses unification to seize natural resources and discriminate against them .
Western countries , especially the U.S. , are increasingly concerned over the threat of extremism in Yemen , including the activities of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( AQAP ) .
The U.S. wants the new president of Yemen , ruling after protests against the country's military predecessor making split into warring groups , uniting the armed forces and use them to fight against the militant group .
Militants launched a wave of attacks since former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February 2012 handed over power to his deputy , Abd - Rabbu Mansour Hadi , who has promised to crack down on al-Qaida , according to AFP .
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