Dubai : Officials in Washington said the US killing of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to terrorists. Osama bin Laden Was shot in 2011. Some top contenders to handle terrorist organization:
Saif Al-Adeli
The mysterious, low-key former Egyptian Special Forces officer is a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda. The US is offering a reward of up to $10 million to anyone providing information leading to his arrest. Aladel was suspected of involvement in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sa-
in 1981, and left the country in 1988 to join the Mujahideen fighting the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan. Often called al-Qaeda’s third-rate officer, al-Adel helped plan bomb attacks against US embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salam in 1998, and in Sudan, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1990s. Established training camps for the organization. Al-Adel’s diary was found during a raid in Saudi Arabia in 2004.
His role in the organization has been as a trainer, military leader, and member of bin Laden’s security detail. before joining law He was a member of the Islamic Jihad organization of Egypt, which was intent on toppling the kingdom. US investigators said in a report that al-Adel was linked to the 2002 assassination of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Findings from Pearl Project investigators revealed that al-Adel had discussed the kidnapping of Pearl with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, also known as KSM, the accused mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks. Al-Adel was appointed caretaker leader after bin Laden’s death.
yazid maybarek
Yazid Mebarek, better known as Abu Ubaida Yusuf al-Anabi, succeeded al-Qaeda’s emir in the Islamic Maghreb in 2020. Mebarek, an Algerian national, ran a media operation for AQIM, using a 2013 video to call for global attacks against French interests. Paris sent troops
Help end the insurgency in Mali. Mebarek, 53, pictured in a photograph with a full gray beard and green turban, is a veteran of Algeria’s 1990 civil war. AQIM took advantage of the chaos in the Sahel region, kidnapping Westerners and staging attacks, to become one of the most active and valuable branches of the global network. As a mark of AQIM’s importance to Qaeda, Mebarek’s predecessor Abdelmalek Droukdel played a role in the movement’s leadership team under Zawahiri, before being killed by French forces in 2020. However, analysts believe that the AQIM is defeated by new terrorist groups in the Sahel. Mebarek is reported to be suffering from chronic injuries and lack the charisma of Droukdale.
Abd al-Maghrebi
Moroccan-born national Abdal-Rahman Al Maghrebi is wanted for questioning FBI in relation to his membership in the law. The FBI said he studied programming in Germany before moving to Afghanistan, where he was selected to manage Qaeda’s main media wing.
Zawahiri’s son-in-law, he is a senior Qaeda commander. Documents recovered in the killed operation bin Laden indicated that Al Maghrebi had been a rising star in the group for many years. He served as General Manager of Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Saif Al-Adeli
The mysterious, low-key former Egyptian Special Forces officer is a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda. The US is offering a reward of up to $10 million to anyone providing information leading to his arrest. Aladel was suspected of involvement in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sa-
in 1981, and left the country in 1988 to join the Mujahideen fighting the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan. Often called al-Qaeda’s third-rate officer, al-Adel helped plan bomb attacks against US embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salam in 1998, and in Sudan, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1990s. Established training camps for the organization. Al-Adel’s diary was found during a raid in Saudi Arabia in 2004.
His role in the organization has been as a trainer, military leader, and member of bin Laden’s security detail. before joining law He was a member of the Islamic Jihad organization of Egypt, which was intent on toppling the kingdom. US investigators said in a report that al-Adel was linked to the 2002 assassination of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Findings from Pearl Project investigators revealed that al-Adel had discussed the kidnapping of Pearl with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, also known as KSM, the accused mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks. Al-Adel was appointed caretaker leader after bin Laden’s death.
yazid maybarek
Yazid Mebarek, better known as Abu Ubaida Yusuf al-Anabi, succeeded al-Qaeda’s emir in the Islamic Maghreb in 2020. Mebarek, an Algerian national, ran a media operation for AQIM, using a 2013 video to call for global attacks against French interests. Paris sent troops
Help end the insurgency in Mali. Mebarek, 53, pictured in a photograph with a full gray beard and green turban, is a veteran of Algeria’s 1990 civil war. AQIM took advantage of the chaos in the Sahel region, kidnapping Westerners and staging attacks, to become one of the most active and valuable branches of the global network. As a mark of AQIM’s importance to Qaeda, Mebarek’s predecessor Abdelmalek Droukdel played a role in the movement’s leadership team under Zawahiri, before being killed by French forces in 2020. However, analysts believe that the AQIM is defeated by new terrorist groups in the Sahel. Mebarek is reported to be suffering from chronic injuries and lack the charisma of Droukdale.
Abd al-Maghrebi
Moroccan-born national Abdal-Rahman Al Maghrebi is wanted for questioning FBI in relation to his membership in the law. The FBI said he studied programming in Germany before moving to Afghanistan, where he was selected to manage Qaeda’s main media wing.
Zawahiri’s son-in-law, he is a senior Qaeda commander. Documents recovered in the killed operation bin Laden indicated that Al Maghrebi had been a rising star in the group for many years. He served as General Manager of Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.