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Mohamed Salah al-Din al-Halim Zaidan ( Arabic: محمد صلاح الدين الحليم زيدان; born April 11, 1960 or 1963), commonly known by his nom de guerre Saif al-Adel ( Arabic: سيف العدل, lit. ' sword of justice '), is a former Egyptian Army officer and explosives expert who is widely understood to be the de ...
May 7, 2024 · Saif al-Adel is an Egyptian militant Islamist who served as a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda and head of Osama bin Laden’s personal security force. He was indicted by the U.S. for his alleged participation in the bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.
Mar 27, 2023 · After months of ambiguity over al Qaeda’s leadership, Saif al Adel became its third emir, the United Nations reported in February 2023. He succeeded Osama bin Laden, the Saudi founder who was killed during a U.S. ground raid in May 2011, and Ayman al Zawahiri, an Egyptian doctor who died in a U.S. drone strike in July 2022.
Saif al-Adel is a senior al-Qaeda leader wanted by the U.S. for the 1998 embassy bombings. He became the No. 2 leader in 2020 and the likely successor to Ayman al-Zawahiri after his death in 2022.
Feb 16, 2023 · Saif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer and Al-Qaeda veteran, has taken over the leadership of the group after Ayman al-Zawahiri's death, according to the US and the UN. He is based in Iran, where he has been living since 2002 or 2003, despite his ties to the Sunni Islamist movement.
Feb 16, 2023 · DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is now the "uncontested"...
Feb 15, 2023 · Saif al-Adel, who is wanted by the United States in connection with the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, has been identified by many countries as the new “de facto and...
