Awlaki’s son killed in U.S. raid

Elders source in Yemen, announced on  Saturday, that Abdul Rahman al-Awlaki, one of Anwar Al-Awlaki’s   sons was killed, on Friday evening, in the U.S. air raided  on the village of Azzan Shabwa to the southeast. AFP quoted elders source belongs to the family of al-Awlaki as saying, "Abdul Rahman Al-Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in air strikes  on Azzan city.” Tribal elders say the son of slain U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in a U.S. missile strike along with six other al-Qaeda militants, including the media chief of the terror group's Yemeni branch. The elders in the southeastern province of Shabwa where the strike took place identified the son as 21-year-old Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki. There was no official confirmation of his death from Yemeni authorities. The elders, who spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because they feared reprisals, had earlier, said that five of al-Awlaki's clan were among the seven people killed in the missile attack.