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United Nations report: Al-Qaida Yemen branch leader has been arrested for months

United Nations report: Al-Qaida Yemen branch leader has been arrested for months

by YCPress

AFP news agency reported on February 5 that the leader of Al-Qaeda Yemen branch has been arrested for months in a report released on Thursday local time.

According to the report submitted by the United Nations Monitoring Group to the Security Council, Khalid Batarfi, who took over the leadership of Al-QAP in the Arabian Peninsula a year ago, was arrested and his deputy Saad Atef a l-Awlaqi) died in October during an operation in the city of Al-Qayda, Mahara province.