Four al Qaeda militants killed in US strike in Yemen: Pentagon

People gather around a crater caused by an air strike in Amran, Sanaa, Yemen, April 12, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Thursday a US military strike in Yemen killed four al Qaeda militants, the seventh such strike in the country this month. In a statement, the Pentagon said the strike against Yemen?s al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was carried out near al-Bayda. ?No civilians were present and therefore none were injured or killed as a result of the strike,? the statement said.