US drones struck for the first time in 19 days in Pakistan [2]'s tribal agencies on Aug. 1, killing four "militants" in an attack on a compound in the Azam Warzak area of South Waziristan. The area, along the Afghan border, is said to be under the control of local Taliban warlord Mullah Nazir [3]. (Long War Journal [4], Aug. 1) The same day, a US drone strike killed 15 presumed fighters of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP [5]) fighters yesterday in al-Khamila, a village outside the militant-controlled town of Zinjibar [6] in southern Yemen [7]. (Long War Journal [8], Aug. 2)
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