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On 3 June 2011 American manned jets or drones attacked and killed Abu Ali al-Harithi, a midlevel al-Qaeda operative, and several other militant suspects, including Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa ' eli, in a strike in southern Yemen.

Four civilians were also reportedly killed in the strike.

The strike was reportedly coordinated by American special forces and CIA operatives based in Sana.

According to the Associated Press, in 2011 the US government began building an airbase near or in Yemen from which the CIA and US military plans to operate drones over Yemen.

The Washington Post reported that the US previously used a base in Djibouti to operate drones over Yemen.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a US drone base in the Seychelles could be used to operate drones over Yemen.