Suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed three alleged al-Qaeda operatives in the country’s southwestern province of Bayda, Yemeni security and tribal officials said. This is the first of such killings reported in the country since Donald Trump assumed the U.S. Presidency on Friday.

According to Alarabiya News, the anonymous source said three “armed fighters of Al-Qaeda” died when their vehicle was struck on Saturday in the Sawmaa region of the Al-Bayda province. One of the dead was identified as Abu Anis al-Abi, an area field commander, along with two others.

The United States is the only force conducting dozens of drones over Yemen. This is because they consider al-Qaeda’s Yemen-based franchise, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), to be one of the global militant group’s most dangerous branches, it exploited the chaos, seizing territory in the country’s south and east.

The use of an unmanned aircraft, as well as airstrikes, was done throughout Obama administration’s time in office, as the drones were operating to attack the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other countries. However, the controversial tactic has been criticized by human rights groups as a result of civilians being repeatedly killed. Based on the US intelligence’s official source, there were 117 civilians that had been killed during Obama’s Presidency because of drone strikes and other counterterror activities in Pakistan, Yemen, and other involved states.

The Saturday drone strike in Yemen was the first one to be reported since Donald Trump assumed office as Barack Obama’s successor. The Trump administration has not yet laid out a clear policy on drone strikes, but Trump has said that he would support an escalation of the fight against Islamist militant groups. The commentator, Max Igan, argues that President Donald Trump should stop the drone strikes so that stability and peace may come back to the Middle East.

Conflict in Yemen should get more attention since many people, especially civilians, are suffering, and so far there is no effective way to end the war. Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015, in an unsuccessful attempt to reinstate a former government. The United Nations recently said that about 10,000 people had been killed in the war. Peace efforts have stalled because of the disagreement over a timeline. Meanwhile, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the President of Yemen, is pressing for the implementation of a UN Security Council resolution that stipulates the Shiite Houthis rebels’ withdrawal from all cities and hand over weapons, and Houthis will get the share of power for giving up land and arms.

(The Drone Strikes dead number has not been finally confirmed by this post released.)