The death of the main leader of Al-Qaeda in Yemen has been confirmed
| News sources confirmed the death of one of the main leaders of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. |
report Mehr News Agency, according to Reuters, the death of one of the senior and main leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula named “Khaled Batarifi », confirmed.
Al-Qaeda related sources said that after the death of Baltarfi, a person named “Saad bin Atef Al-Awlaki” will be the new leader of al-Qaeda.
In the film released by the media affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Peninsula, or Al-Qaeda in Yemen, the body of Batarfi It is covered with a flag with the name and emblem of al-Qaeda.
Khaled Batarafi in early 2020 after the killing of Qassem Al-Rimi” was introduced in Yemen as the leader of Al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Batarafi was also among the prisoners who in 2015 along with 150 other members Al-Qaeda in Yemen escaped from prison and was released after this group’s attack on the port city of Mukalla.
The cause of death of the former leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen has not been announced, but it appears that he died of natural causes, although the manner of his death is in the aura of uncertainty.
Al-Awlaki as the new leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen last year in February from the Sunni tribes in the provinces Yemen’s Abin and Shabwah wanted to confront the United Arab Emirates military.
Previously, “Abd al-Wahhab Al-Mahbashi“, a member of the political bureau of the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen He had said that the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization is one of the American intelligence factions in Yemen. In order to justify the construction of its military bases in the southern provinces of Yemen, America has mobilized Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Yemen.
