Abu al-khayr al-Masri
The second person in “al Kaide” Abu al-khayr al-Masri (Abu al-Khayr al-Masri) was killed in Syria. Information about his death on Thursday, March 2, confirmed in the group, reports Reuters.
Al-Masri was eliminated in the town of Idlib during the air strikes of the international coalition operating under the auspices of the United States.
Informed about his death said the representative of American intelligence. The bombing, he said, was conducted on Sunday, February 26.
59-year-old al-Masri (real name Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abdul Rahman) was the right hand of the leader of “al-Qaeda” Ayman al-Zawahiri. It is known that he was married to one of the daughters of founder of “al-Qaeda” Osama bin Laden. It is also reported that he was looking for in Iran, a refuge after the terrorist attacks in the United States committed on 11 September 2001. Pentagon sources believe that he was in Syria to coordinate with one of the terrorist groups.
“Al-Qaeda” is one of the largest international terrorist groups. The organization was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, its goal is to overthrow the secular regimes in Islamic countries and the establishment there of the “Great Islamic Caliphate”. The organization is banned in Russia.