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SANAA, Yemen: The leader of Yemen鈥檚 branch of Al-Qaeda is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details.
Khalid Al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the US government over leading the group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, long considered the most-dangerous branch of the extremist group still operating after the killing of founder Osama bin Laden.
Al-Qaeda released a video showing Al-Batarfi wrapped in a funeral shroud of the Al-Qaeda black-and-white flag. It offered no details on the cause of his death and there was no clear sign of trauma visible on his face. Al-Batarfi is believed to be in his early 40s.
鈥淎llah took his soul while he patiently sought his reward and stood firm, immigrated, garrisoned, and waged jihad for His sake,鈥� the militants said in the video, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
The group made the announcement on the eve of Ramadan, the Muslim holy fasting month that Yemen will begin Monday.
In the announcement, the group said Saad bin Atef Al-Awlaki would take over as its leader. The US has a $6 million bounty on him, saying Al-Awlaki 鈥渉as publicly called for attacks against the United States and its allies.鈥�
The Yemen branch of Al-Qaeda has seen by Washington as the terror network鈥檚 most dangerous branch ever since its attempt in 2009 to bomb a commercial airliner over the United States. It claimed responsibility for the 2015 deadly attack in Paris on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Al-Batarfi took over as the head of the branch, known by the acronym AQAP, in February 2020. He succeeded leader Qassim Al-Rimi, who was killed by a US drone strike ordered by then-President Donald Trump. Al-Rimi had claimed responsibility for the 2019 attack at the US Naval Air Station Pensacola in which a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
Al-Batarfi, born in Riyadh, 抖阴短视频, traveled to Afghanistan in 1999 and fought alongside the Taliban during the US-led invasion. He joined AQAP in 2010 and led forces in taking over Yemen鈥檚 Abyan province, according to the US
In 2015, he was freed after an AQAP raid that saw the militants capture Mukalla, the capital of Yemen鈥檚 largest province, Hadramawt, amid the chaos that followed Yemen鈥檚 Houthi rebels seizing the capital, Sanaa, and as a Saudi-led coalition started a war against the Houthis. A photo at the time showed Al-Awlaki with a Kalashnikov rifle, posing inside a government palace there.
AQAP was later pushed out of Mukalla, but has continued attacks and been the target of a US drone strike campaign since the administration of then-President George W. Bush.
In 2020, there had been claims that Al-Bartafi had been detained, which later were denied. In 2021, he referred to the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol as 鈥渙nly the tip of the iceberg of what will come to them, God willing.鈥�