A Houthi militant stands outside al-Nour mosque in Yemen's capital Sanaa October 7, 2015. Seven people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing on the mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Houthi-run state news agency said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
CAIRO (Reuters) - The leader of Islamic State in Yemen was killed in a drone strike early on Thursday, residents and officials said.
They said the strike targeted a car in which Jalal Baleedi and two of his aides were traveling in on a road between the towns of Zinjibar and Shaqra in southern Yemen.
(Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Nick Macfie)
