Iran-based Saif Al-Adel emerges as Al-Qaeda leader


Issue 1164 - 21 Feb 2023 | 2 minute read

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the United States agreed with the United Nations consensus view that Al-Qaeda veteran Saif Al-Adel was now de facto head of the jihadist group and that he was based in Iran.

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