The United States announced on Thursday that it had "eliminated" Yemeni Qassem al-Rimi, head of the Al-Qaeda group in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa), in Yemen. "On the instructions of President Donald Trump, the United States carried out an anti-terrorist operation in Yemen and succeeded in eliminating Qassem al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of the Al-Qaeda group in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa)" , a announced in a statement the White House.
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