More public reporting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakla_raid
At dawn on January 29th,
[30] several dozen
[13] U.S. Navy SEALs from the
Naval Special Warfare Development Group, as well as operators from the
United Arab Emirates, were landed by
MV-22 Osprey Tiltrotor aircraft near the home of al-Qaeda leader Abdul Rauf al-Dhahab in the mountainous Yakla region of Al-Bayda. While approaching, the operators were informed via a communications intercept that the al-Qaeda forces had become aware of their position.
[9] The SEAL team "found itself dropping onto a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger than expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists."
[29]
Surviving villager Sheikh Abdelilah Ahmed al-Dhahab reported that his eleven-year-old son, Ahmed Abdelilah Ahmed al Dahab, was the first to address the soldiers, asking "Who are you?" He was fatally shot.
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At the village, the US-UAE team engaged in a heavy firefight with the al-Qaeda forces. US helicopter gunships and fighter aircraft also fired on the town.
[13] During the evacuation of the SEALs, a
United States Marine Corps (USMC) V-22 Osprey was damaged in a hard landing after losing power, injuring three additional SEALs aboard. The Osprey was subsequently destroyed by a friendly airstrike.
[33]
The operation severely damaged a local
clinic, the
mosque, and the
school in the impoverished Yemeni village.
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