NSTworld Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Sunday confirmed the death of its leader
The announcement came in an audio speech delivered by AQAP religious official Hamid bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, said SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist networks worldwide.
SITE said that Batarfi has appeared in many AQAP videos over the past several years and appeared to be Rimi’s deputy and group spokesman. That announcement came shortly after AQAP claimed responsibility for the Dec 6 mass shooting at a US naval base in Florida, in which a Saudi Air Force officer killed three American sailors.The Sunni extremist group has thrived in the chaos of years of civil war between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and Shiite rebels who control the capital.
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