<span style="color: #222222;">United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that in a major counter terrorism operation in Yemen the US forces have killed al-Qaeda leader Qasim al-Rimi. He was the founder of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP. The AQAP has long been considered al-Qaeda's most dangerous branch for its attempts to carry out attacks on the US mainland.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">President Trump said that Rimi's death further degrades the global al-Qaeda movement, and brought more close to eliminating the threats these groups pose to their national security. He said, the major counter terrorism operation was carried at his direction.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">While Mr Trump confirmed that Rimi had been killed, he did not say when the US operation was conducted or divulged any details about how it was carried out.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This is the third major strike by the US under Trump Administration in recent months. In October, the US killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In January, it killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.</span><br />