Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Nasser al-Wuhayshi has been killed in a US air strike in Yemen, the Islamist group has confirmed.
The leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claims to have directed the terror attacks on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last week as “vengeance for the Prophet”.
The leader of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Nasser al-Wahishi, has vowed to free militants currently imprisoned around the region.
The US and UK have temporarily withdrawn embassy staff from Yemen, with intelligence pointing towards an “imminent” threat from al-Qaeda in the capital Sana’a.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has confirmed that its deputy leader Sheikh Saeed al-Shehri was killed by a US drone-strike in Yemen.