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An intensive air raid by U.S. drones in central Yemen's Al-Bayda' province on Sunday left civilian casualties behind, a tribal source said.
"The victims were mainly women and children," the source, told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity.
He said the attack had targeted a number of homes in Al-Bayda's Wald Rabi' district as part of a raid on suspected Al-Qaeda sites.
A number of homes, the source said, have been destroyed by the attacks.
He added that clashes continued to rage in Al-Bayda's al-Arsh district between Shiite Houthi militants and Al-Qaeda.
Earlier on Sunday, Houthis captured Al-Bayda's Manaseh area, a major stronghold of Al-Qaeda, according to a tribal source.
U.S. and Yemeni warplanes launched several strikes against the sites of tribesmen in the area throughout Sunday, the source added.
Houthis and Al-Qaeda have been fighting over control in Al-Bayda' for several days.
The Shiite movement has been in control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa since September 21, and it is now moving to extend its control to other areas.
Yemen has been in turmoil since a popular uprising that erupted in 2011 ousted long-serving president Ali Abdullah Saleh one year later.
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