Saudi and Yemeni special forces captured a man they identified as the leader of Islamic State’s branch in Yemen on June 3 in a raid assisted by U.S. intelligence
CAIRO—Saudi and Yemeni special forces captured the man they identified as the leader of Islamic State’s branch in Yemen this month in a raid assisted by U.S. intelligence, Saudi and American officials said.
The seizure of Abu Osama Al-Muhajir on June 3 deals a blow to one of Islamic State’s smaller branches, one of several on which the group has relied since losing control of its territory in Syria and Iraq over the past year. Islamic State and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have taken advantage of the chaos in Yemen to...
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