Nasser al-wuhayshi wikipedia

Yemeni al-Qaeda member (–)

Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi (Arabic: ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي&#;&#;Nasir ʿbd al-Karim al-Wahishi; also transliterated as Naser al-Wahishi, Nasser al-Wuhayshi) aliasAbu Basir,^[5] (1 October – 12 June ) was a YemeniIslamist, who served as the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).^[6][7][8] Both Saudi Arabia and Yemen considered al-Wuhayshi to be among their most wanted fugitives.^[9][10] In October , the US State Department increased the reward for any information leading to the capture or killing of al-Wuhayshi to US$10 million, the same as ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.^[11] Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike in Hadhramaut Governorate of Yemen on 12 June ^[12][13]

Early life, Afghanistan and al-Qaeda

Nasir al-Wuyayshi was born on 1 October in the Mukayras region of what is now the southern province of Abyan, Ye