US says 7 al-Qaeda militants killed in 2 airstrikes in July

The US Central Command says the military has conducted two counterterrorism airstrikes targeting al-Qaeda's branch in southern Yemen this month, killing seven militants.
CENTCOM says in a statement today that six al-Qaida operatives were killed in an airstrike on July 16. An earlier airstrike on July 8 killed one al-Qaeda operative. It didn't give details on the location of the airstrikes.
The statement adds that the airstrikes "put consistent pressure on the terrorist network," preventing it from "plotting and executing attacks against US persons, our homeland and our allies."
It says Al-Qaeda remains a "significant threat to the region, the United States and beyond.