Story highlights Yemen official: "A raid was the wrong option and failure was written all over it"

Civilians, including children, killed in raid aimed at al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) Yemen's government has requested that the United States stop ground operations in the country unless it has the government's full approval after an anti-terror raid authorized by US President Donald Trump killed civilians, two senior Yemeni defense officials told CNN on Wednesday.

The Yemeni officials said the government had sent a firm message to the US administration condemning the January 29 operation that left one US Navy Seal dead along with Yemeni women and children, complaining of a lack of coordination with its officials.

A US defense official, however, told CNN that "nothing has changed" in terms of restrictions on American counterterrorism efforts. The defense official said Yemen officials were notified of last month's raid before it happened.

And acting US State Department spokesman Mark Toner told CNN on Wednesday that counterterror operations are "consistent with international law and in coordination with the government of Yemen."

"We will not relent in our mission to degrade, disrupt and destroy al Qaeda and ISIS," Toner said.

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