Seven Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a drone strike on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla, a local official said on Wednesday.

Seven Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a drone strike on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla, a local official said on Wednesday.

The overnight strike hit a vehicle parked near the presidential palace in Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province, witnessed said.

On April 14, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP announced the death of one of its ideological leaders, Ibrahim al-Rubaish, in a similar drone strike in Hadramawt.

Al-Qaeda has been exploited by a Saudi-led coalition in striking Yemen for around a month (March 26 - April 21).

The Saudi-led aggression claimed thousands of martyrs and wounded and caused much destruction across the Arab World poorest state.