Al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen under arrest: UN report

Al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen under arrest: UN report
AFP
2/5/2021
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An image grab taken from a video released by Al-Malahem Media, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), shows Khaled Batarfi in a video posted online on June 15, 2015
The leader of Al-Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday. 
The document said Khalid Batarfi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) for just under a year, was arrested and his deputy, Saad Atef al-Awlaqi, died during an "operation in Ghayda City, Al-Mahrah Governorate, in October."

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