The leader of Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen appears to be still at large despite a United Nations report which claimed he had been under arrest for months, the SITE Intelligence Group and two local tribal leaders said Thursday after he was seen in a video released by the jihadist group.
Khalid Batarfi, who has been the leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) for about a year, talks about the storming of the U.S. Congress last month in the video, which came out Wednesday.
The video, which opens with footage of the January 6 assault by Donald Trump supporters, belies reports that Batarfi was under arrest, said SITE, which monitors extremist organizations.
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Source: Courthouse News Service