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A 2023 United Nations report concluded that Saif al-Adel had been named de-facto leader of al-Qaeda but that he had not been formally proclaimed as its emir due to "political sensitives" of the Taliban government in acknowledging the killing of Zawahiri in Kabul and the "theological and operational" challenges posed by location of al-Adel in ...
Saif al-Adel is an Egyptian militant Islamist who served as a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda and head of Osama bin Laden’s personal security force. He was indicted by the U.S. for his alleged participation in the bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.
Mar 27, 2023 · Saif al Adel became al Qaeda's third leader in 2023, after Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri. He is a former Egyptian army officer and a veteran of the Afghan jihad, who planned several major attacks against the U.S. and its allies.
Saif al-Adel is a senior al-Qaeda leader wanted by the U.S. for the 1998 embassy bombings. He became the No. 2 leader in 2020 and the likely successor to Ayman al-Zawahiri after his death in 2022.
Feb 15, 2023 · Saif al-Adel, who is wanted by the United States in connection with the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, has been identified by many countries as the new “de facto and...
Feb 16, 2023 · DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is now the...
Feb 16, 2023 · Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian former special forces officer, became the leader of Al-Qaeda after Ayman al-Zawahiri's death in 2022, according to the US State Department. Iran denies hosting him and dismisses the link to Al-Qaeda as "laughable".