Report: 'Leadership of Al Qaeda has passed to Saif Al-Adl and he is in Iran'

2023-02-22 17:35:39 By : Mr. Bill ZenithMachinery

United Nations (UN) experts, the prevailing opinion among member states;He told al-Qaeda leadership that it was in the direction that Saif al-Adl had passed.It is known that Saif al-Adl was responsible for the security of Osama bin Laden and trained some hijackers involved in the 9/11 attack on the United States.According to the Associated Press (AP), the Committee of Experts said in a report submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Monday that Saif al-Adl replaced Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed by a US drone in Kabul in August last year. It was stated that no statement was made that he took over his post.However, in the meetings held in November and December, many member states of the United Nations are of the opinion that Saif al-Adl is already acting as the de facto and sole leader of the organization. attention was drawn.Experts said some countries felt that al-Zawahiri's presence in Kabul had put the Taliban, who were trying to gain legitimacy, in trouble, and that "al-Qaeda preferred not to exacerbate the situation by admitting that al-Zawahiri was dead."Experts said: "Saif al-Adl's presence in Iran has raised critical questions regarding the actions and ideology of the al-Qaeda organization."According to the committee, Saif al-Adl has been blacklisted by the United Nations since January 2001 as Mohamed Salahaldin Alhalim Zaidan.In the United Nations list, Seyf al-Adl is defined as having assumed the military leadership of the organization after Mohamed Atif, one of Bin Laden's senior aides, died as a result of the US operation in November 2001.According to the United Nations, in addition to being responsible for Bin Laden's safety, Saif al-Adl is known as the one who taught militants how to use explosives.In addition, al-Adl trained some of the hijackers in the September 2001 terrorist attack on the United States.The UN also says it trained Somali fighters who killed 18 US soldiers in Mogadishu in 1993.The Associated Press (AP) stated that Saif al-Adl was wanted by US authorities in connection with the August 1998 bombings of US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi and Kenya.According to the report, the threat from al-Qaeda, ISIS and its affiliates continues to be dangerous "in conflict zones and neighboring countries." Africa has become the continent in which terror-induced destruction has been seen more rapidly and on a larger scale in recent years.The committee stressed that the leadership of IS was also questioned after the group announced on November 30 that Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi was killed in a shootout the previous month, making him the organization's second leader to be killed in 2022.Experts stated that "The new leader announced is Abu Al-Hussein Al-Husayni Al-Kureshi and his true identity is not known yet."All Rights Reserved to AL.Ain News Media and Research portal 2023