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US commandos killed 40 of the terrorists in a US ground operation in Yemen.

The US Navy's SEAL Team 6, which killed Osama bin Laden, struck the jihadi base in the first counter-terrorism operation approved by President Trump since he took the Oval Office.

Three of the dead jihadis are reported to be leaders of the terror group.

However, US officials confirmed one soldier was killed in during the daring raid, while there are reports of at many as 16 civilian casualties.

The SEALs srtuck the base in the war-torn nation ravaged by civil war as down broke.