US State Department has revealed that Iran based Egyptian Saif al-Adel has become the supremo of Al-Qaeda following the July 2022 death of Ayman al-Zawahari was killed by a US rocket in a Kabul residence last year.
US State Department : Egyptian Saif al-Adel becomes Al-Qaeda Head
US State Department has said,
“Our assessment aligns with that of the UN — that al-Qaeda’s new de facto leader Saif al-Adel is based in Iran,” a state department spokesperson said following the United Nations report which said that Saif al-Adel is now the group’s leader, “representing continuity for now.”
Saif Al Adel has not been formally declared as the head of Al-Qaeda amid concerns of Taliban authorities in Afghanistan. 3
Information on Saif al-Adel
- The UN report said that Al-Qaeda is sensitive to the issue of Saif al-Adel residing in Iran. “His location raises questions that have a bearing on Al-Qaeda’s ambitions to assert leadership of a global movement in the face of challenges from ISIL,” the UN report said.
- Saif al-Adel, 62, is a former Egyptian special forces lieutenant-colonel and figure in the old guard of Al-Qaeda.
- Saif al-Adel helped build the group’s operational capacity and trained some of the hijackers who took part in the September 11, 2001 attack.
- Saif al-Adel has been in Iran since 2002 or 2003, at first under house arrest but later made trips to Pakistan.
- “Saif is one of the most experienced professional soldiers in the worldwide jihadi movement, and his body bears the scars of battle,” the report said.
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