(CNN) – The United States conducted airstrikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen overnight, according to a senior US official. There were conflicting reports as to whether one or multiple locations were struck.
The strikes are the first ones to target the Yemen-based terror group since the deadly January raid that left Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens dead and several other servicemembers wounded. The mission also cost several civilians their lives and resulted in the loss of a US aircraft.
It is unclear at this time whether the latest strikes were the result of intelligence the US obtained from the January operation, which yielded multiple terabytes of data gathered from the AQAP site.
Sources have told CNN that important intelligence on a variety of areas was obtained in the ground raid, including information pertaining to locations of additional safe havens, explosives manufacturing, training and targets.
A US official tells CNN “the raid led to intelligence which will lead to future operations.”
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