Two US drone strikes kill 9 in Yemen

The U.S. has closed 19 embassies across the Middle East and
Africa through this week in response to the threat. Most personnel were
evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday.

{mosads}Yemeni officials said Wednesday that the country had broken
up an al Qaeda terror plot targeting oil pipelines and port cities.

The terror threat prompting the embassy closures was
uncovered after U.S. intelligence reportedly intercepted a message between the leader
of al Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahri and the head of AQAP, Nasir al-Wuhayshi.

The AP reported that a drone was buzzing over Sanaa for
hours Wednesday and early Thursday.

The first attack targeted a vehicle carrying suspected militants
in the district of Wadi Ubaidah, roughly 100 miles east of Sanaa, according to
the AP.