A top al-Qaeda commander was reportedly killed on Wednesday by government forces in Yemen's southern Shabwa province, coinciding with a top United States official suggesting that the US should launch air strikes there and Iran ramping up tensions with Saudi Arabia.
Yemen's Saba news agency reported that Abdullah Mehdar, described as a leader of an al-Qaeda cell, was killed and four militants captured after Yemeni troops surrounded a house in Shabwa where he and other militants had gathered.
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