Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/<br />Check out our Android app: http://goo.gl/PtT6VD<br />Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Drone strikes over the weekend carried out by Yemeni forces but reportedly backed by the U.S. killed at least 55 suspected Al-Qaeda fighters, according to Yemen's interior ministry.<br /><br />The drone strikes, shortly after midnight on Monday, killed three suspected prominent Al-Qaeda figures while they were traveling in a car in Shabwa province, BBC reported.<br /><br />According to witnesses, the vehicle was completely destroyed and contained the charred remains of three individuals.<br /> <br />The fighters were identified as Mohammed Salem Abed Rabbo al-Mashibi, Fawaz Hussein al-Mahrak and Saleh Said Mahrak.<br /><br />The drone attacks over the weekend also targeted what Yemeni officials called a major Al-Qaeda base hidden in the country's remote southern mountains in the area of Wadi Ghadina and killed more than 30.<br /><br />Built in the last few months, the base included a training ground and storehouses for weapons, food and vehicles used by the group, Al Jazeera reported. <br /><br />On Saturday, a drone strike on a lorry in the central province of Bayda killed another 10 suspected militants and three civilians, according to state news agency Saba. <br /><br />According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, as many as 21 might have been killed in the attack. <br /><br />According to Reuters, drones will not be enough to uproot Al-Qaeda terrorism in Yemen, a country where a weak central government, a rivalry-ridden and inadequate security force, endemic poverty and corruption serve up the ideal conditions for al Qaeda to flourish and gain power in the Arabian Peninsula. <br /><br />Unless these issues are also addressed, analysts say, the group will more likely remain a serious menace in the region. Occasional civilian casualties as a consequence of drone attacks are also helping to inflame
