Military officials claimed 34 alleged al-Qaida members were killed in less than two weeks of drone strikes.
The action against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula comes amid a global terror alert issued by Washington.
The US and Britain evacuated diplomatic staff from the capital Sanaa this week after claiming to have received intelligence about a planned terrorist attack that prompted Washington to close 19 diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Africa.
The US State Department warned its citizens not to travel to Pakistan on Thursday and ordered non-essential government personnel to leave the US consulate in Lahore because of a claimed threat to the mission.
Thursday's first drone attack hit a car carrying suspected militants in Wadi Ubaidah, killing six passengers.
The second killed three suspected fighters in the al-Ayoon area of Hadramawt province.
In Hadramawt province a third attack killed three more people in the al-Qutn area.
All the strikes targeted private cars.
The drone strikes have become a near-daily routine since they began on July 27.
Although they have been concentrated in remote, mountainous areas, drones have also been seen and heard for hours over Sanaa.
The drone programme is run by the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command and the CIA, with the military flying drones out of Djibouti and the CIA out of a base in Saudi Arabia.
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