Transcript for Two nights of air strikes in Yemen

Now to the rapidly intensifying battle with Al Qaeda. The Pentagon confirming to ABC news just moments ago there was another new round of air strikes in Yemen overnight following that January raid that killed Navy S.E.A.L. Ryan Owens. ABC's chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross is here with that. Good morning. Reporter: Good morning. For U.S. Navy S.E.A.L.S and the army's delta force this is not what they call go time. Commandos being told to expect much more action against Al Qaeda in Yemen following the 20 new air strikes on Thursday and now the new ones overnight. These photos were posted on Twitter overnight from Yemen described by local residents as a new U.S. Military operation. U.S. Military special operations personnel tell ABC news that commandos based in the region have been told to expect a lot more action against suspected terror targets under the trump administration. Not deterred, they say, by the loss of a U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. In a raid on this suspected terror compound in Yemen in January. And possibly the deaths of many civilians. Local residents showed pictures of a $75 million U.S. Aircraft that was abandoned and purposely destroyed in the operation. But U.S. Officials continue to maintain that what happened here was a success based on documents discovered in computers and phones seized in the raid including officials tell ABC news what they are calling a global address book of Al Qaeda operatives. President trump alluded to it all in his speech before congress after introducing the widow of the dead S.E.A.L. Ryan Owens. I just spoke to our great general Mattis just now, who reconfirmed that and I quote, Ryan was a part of a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemy. Reporter: The Al Qaeda group in Yemen is considered the group most likely to carry out an attack against the U.S. Its master bombmaker has been a top priority but no indication these latest raids or air strikes did anything to take him out, George. Boy, that was really something. They are intensifying. Absolutely. Thanks, Brian.

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