Yemen says al-Qaeda linked cleric Awlaki killed

Yemen's Defence Ministry said Friday that the U.S.-born al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed.

The Yemeni ministry provided no details in the statement, which appeared on one of its website.

Yemeni security and tribal officials said an airstrike thought to have been carried out by U.S. aircraft on Friday targeted a convoy of cars traveling in the eastern province of Marib but could not say whether al-Awlaki was in the convoy.

Yemen had in the past reported the deaths of al-Qaeda leaders who were later found to be alive. Al-Awlaki was last reported to have been killed in December 2009.  Read More

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