Two Shia Youths Killed in Homs, Senior al-Qaeda Figure Reportedly Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Yemen

Two Shia Youths Killed in Homs, Senior al-Qaeda Figure Reportedly Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Yemen
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Local sources in Syria and Yemen have reported two separate deadly incidents affecting regional security dynamics.

In Syria’s Homs province, the bodies of two young Shia men from the village of al-Ghur al-Gharbiya were discovered in the province’s western countryside after they were reportedly killed by unidentified armed assailants. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which has heightened concerns about renewed sectarian violence in the area, according to Akhbar Shia News Agency.

Meanwhile, in Yemen, a senior al-Qaeda security official identified as Abu Muhammad al-San’ani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Wadi Ubaidah region of Shabwa, east of Marib province, RIA Novosti reported, citing local sources.

The strike follows a similar U.S. drone operation in May targeting an al-Qaeda base in Yemen’s Abyan province, which killed or injured several senior members of the extremist group.