UN Identifies New al-Qaeda Leader in Iran

A Somali security soldier points his weapon at a poster bearing a photo of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri during an anti Al-shabab rally in Mogadishu on Feb. 23, 2014. Abdifitah Hashi Nor/AFP via Getty Images

U.N. member states say that terrorist group al-Qaeda has a new leader, according to a report circulated on Monday.

The report states Sayf al-‘Adl, Osama bin-Laden’s former security head, is already leading the terrorist group.