Al-Qaeda Confirms Death of AQAP Leader Qassim Al-Raymi: Site Intelligence Group

Al-Qaeda Confirms Death of AQAP Leader Qassim Al-Raymi: Site Intelligence Group
A Yemeni police wanted poster shows image of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) military chief in Yemen Qassim al-Rimi. AFP via Getty Images
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Cairo—Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Site Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that the United States had killed al-Raymi in a counterterrorism operation in Yemen.