Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula explained

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Native Name:القاعدة في جزيرة العرب
Native Name Lang:ar
War:the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen,
the Yemeni Revolution, the Yemeni Civil War, and
the Global War on Terror
Ideology:Anti-Americanism
Pan-Islamism
Islamic extremism[1]
Qutbism[2]
Salafi jihadism
Irredentism
Anti-Zionism[3] [4]
Antisemitism[5] [6] [7] [8]
Anti-imperialism
Leaders:Nasir al-Wuhayshi (2011–15)
Qasim al-Raymi (2015–20)[9]
Khalid Batarfi (2020–2024)[10]
Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki (2024-present)[11]
Headquarters:Mukalla, Hadhramaut Governorate[12] (2015–2016)
Wadi Belharith and Azzan in Shabwah Governorate
Wadi Obaidah in Ma'rib Governorate
Rada'a District in Al Bayda Governorate
Mudiyah and Lawdar in Abyan Governorate
Area:Yemen and Saudi Arabia but predominantly in Yemen
Active:January 2009 – present
Size:
Partof: al-Qaeda
Allegiance: al-Qaeda
Clans:
Merger:al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Islamic Jihad of Yemen
Allies:Non-state allies:
Opponents:Non-State opponents

State opponents

Battles:Yemeni Insurgency

Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

Preceded By: Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia
Al-Qaeda in Yemen
Designated As Terror Group By:[25]















[26]
[27]

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Arabic: تنظيم القاعدة في جزيرة العرب|Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab|lit=Organization of [[al-Qaeda|the Base]] in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] or Arabic: تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, "Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), abbreviated as AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (Arabic: جماعة أنصار الشريعة, Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah, "Group of the Helpers of the Sharia"),[28] is a Sunni Islamist insurgent extremist group, which is part of the al-Qaeda network and primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.[29] It is considered the most active[30] of al-Qaeda's branches that emerged after the weakening of central leadership.[31]

The group established an emirate during the 2011 Yemeni Revolution, which waned in power after foreign interventions in the subsequent Yemeni Civil War. The group has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations, United States, Saudi Arabia, UAE and several countries.

Ideology and formation

Like al-Qaeda Central, AQAP opposes the monarchy of the House of Saud.[32] AQAP was formed in January 2009 from a merger of the Yemeni branch and Saudi branch of al-Qaeda.[33] The Saudi group had been effectively suppressed by the Saudi government, forcing its members to seek sanctuary in Yemen.[34] [35]

The groups objectives include the overthrowal of Saudi and Yemeni governments and the establishment of an Islamic state in the Arabian Peninsula.[36] In 2010, it was believed to have several hundred members. The group also seeks for the destruction of the Israeli state and the liberation of the Palestinian territories.

Transformation into an active al-Qaeda branch

The number of terrorist plots in the West that originated from Pakistan declined considerably from most of them (at the outset), to 75% in 2007, and to 50% in 2010, as al-Qaeda shifted to Somalia and Yemen.[37]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally designated al-Qaeda in Yemen a terrorist organization on 14 December 2009.[38] On 24 August 2010, The Washington Post journalist Greg Miller wrote that the CIA believed Yemen's branch of al-Qaeda had surpassed its parent organization, Osama bin Laden's core group, as al-Qaeda's most dangerous threat to the U.S. homeland.[39]

On 26 August 2010, Yemen claimed that U.S. officials had exaggerated the size and danger of al-Qaeda in Yemen, insisting also that fighting the jihadist network's local branch remained Sanaa's job.[40] A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaeda and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power.

However, Ahmed al-Bahri told the Associated Press that attacks by al-Qaeda in southern Yemen was an indication of its increasing strength.[41] CNN analyst Paul Cruickshank aserted that several U.S. officials viewed AQAP as the branch of al-Qaeda which posed the most serious threat to American interests in the region.[36]

Operations and activities as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

See main article: USS Cole bombing. Al-Qaeda was responsible for the USS Cole bombing in October 2000 in Aden, killing 17 U.S. sailors. In 2002, an al-Qaeda bomb damaged the French supertanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden.

The Global Terrorism Database attributes the 2004 Khobar massacre to the group.[42]

In addition to a number of attacks in Saudi Arabia, and the kidnap and murder of Paul Marshall Johnson Jr. in Riyadh in 2004, the group is suspected in connection with a bombing in Doha, Qatar, in March 2005.[43] For a chronology of recent Islamist militant attacks in Saudi Arabia, see terrorism in Saudi Arabia.

Operations and activities during Yemeni conflict

See also: Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Cargo planes bomb plot, 2012 Sana'a bombing, 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen and Charlie Hebdo shooting.

2009

In the 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, formerly known as Carlos Leon Bledsoe, a Muslim convert who had spent time in Yemen, on 1 June 2009, opened fire with an SKS Rifle in a drive-by shooting on soldiers in front of a United States military recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a jihad attack. He killed Private William Long, and wounded Private Quinton Ezeagwula. He said that he was affiliated with and had been sent by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[44] [45] [46]

AQAP said it was responsible for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit on 25 December 2009.[47] In that incident, Abdulmutallab reportedly tried to set off plastic explosives sewn to his underwear, but failed to detonate them properly.

2010

On 8 February 2010, deputy leader Said Ali al-Shihri called for a regional holy war and blockade of the Red Sea to prevent shipments to Israel. In an audiotape he called upon Somalia's al-Shabaab militant group for assistance in the blockade.[48]

The 2010 cargo planes bomb plot was discovered on 29 October 2010, when two packages containing bombs found on cargo aircraft, based on intelligence received from government intelligence agencies, in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. The packages originated from Yemen, and were addressed to outdated addresses of two Jewish institutions in Chicago, Illinois, one of which was the Congregation Or Chadash, an LGBT synagogue.[49] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took responsibility for the plot.[50] It posted its acceptance of responsibility on a number of radical Islamist websites monitored by the SITE Intelligence Group and the Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, and wrote:

It also claimed responsibility for the crash of a UPS Boeing 747-400 cargo plane in Dubai on 3 September. The statement continued:

American authorities had said they believed that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the plot. Officials in the United Kingdom and the United States believe that it is most likely that the bombs were designed to destroy the planes carrying them.[51]

In November 2010, the group announced a strategy, called "Operation Hemorrhage", which it said was designed to capitalize on the "security phobia that is sweeping America." The program would call for a large number of inexpensive, small-scale attacks against United States interests, with the intent of weakening the U.S. economy.[52]

2012

On 21 May 2012, a soldier wearing a belt of explosives carried out a suicide attack on military personnel preparing for a parade rehearsal for Yemen's Unity Day. With over 120 people dead and 200 more injured, the attack was the deadliest in Yemeni history.[53] AQAP claimed responsibility for the attack.[54]

During the June 2012 al Qaeda retreat from its key southern Yemen stronghold, the organization planted land mines, which killed 73 civilians.[55] According to the governor's office in Abyan province, 3,000 mines were removed from around Zinjibar and Jaar.

2013

On 5 December 2013, an attack on the Yemeni Defense Ministry in Sana'a involving a series of bomb and gun attacks killed at least 56 people.[56] After footage of the attack was aired on Yemeni television, showing an attack on a hospital within the ministry compound and the killing of medical personnel and patients, the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a video message apologizing. Qasim al-Raymi claimed that the team of attackers were directed not to assault the hospital in the attack, but that one had gone ahead and done so.[57]

2014

On 9 May 2014, several soldiers from Yemen were killed after a skirmish sparked when a vehicle attacked a palace gate.[58]

The group also publishes the online magazines Voice of Jihad and Inspire.[59] [60]

In December 2014, the group released a video depicting Luke Somers, a journalist whom they were holding hostage.[61] On 26 November, U.S. Navy SEALs and Yemeni special forces attempted a hostage rescue where eight hostages, none American, were freed, but Luke Somers and four others had been moved to another location by AQAP prior to the raid. The nationalities of the eight hostages rescued were six Yemenis, one Saudi, and one Ethiopian. On 6 December, 40 SEALs used V-22 Ospreys to land a distance from the compound where Somers and Korkie were kept at about 1 a.m. local time, according to a senior defense official. An AQAP fighter apparently spotted them while relieving himself outside, a counter-terrorism official with knowledge of the operation told ABC News, beginning a firefight that lasted about 10 minutes. According to CBS News, dog barking could have alerted the hostage-takers of the operation. When the American soldiers finally entered the building where Somers and Korkie were kept, they found both men alive, but gravely wounded. Korkie and Somers died some minutes later despite attempts to save them.

2015

On 7 January 2015, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi attacked French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, resulting in 11 French citizens killed and another 11 injured. The French-born brothers of Algerian descent stated they were members of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, to an eyewitness.[62] On 9 January, AQAP confirmed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo shooting in a speech from top Shariah cleric Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari. The reason given was to gain "revenge for the honor" of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[63]

Capture of Mukalla

See main article: Battle of Mukalla (2015). On 2 April 2015, AQAP fighters stormed the coastal city of Mukalla, capturing it on 16 April after the two-week Battle of Mukalla. They seized government buildings and used trucks to cart off more than $120 million from the central bank, according to the bank's director. AQAP forces soon passed control to a civilian council, giving it a budget of more than $4 million to provide services to residents of the city. AQAP maintained a police station in the city to mediate Sharia disputes but avoided imposing its rule across the city. AQAP refrained from using its name, instead of using the name the 'Sons of Hadhramaut' to emphasize its ties to the surrounding province.[64]

Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar

On 2 December 2015, the provincial capital of Abyan Governorate, Zinjibar, and the town of Jaʿār were captured by AQAP fighters. Like Al Mukala, AQAP forces soon passed control to a civilian council, police patrols and other public services.[65]

2016

Southern Abyan Offensive

On 20 February 2016, AQAP seized the southern Abyan governorate, linking them with their headquarters in Mukalla.[66]

Liberation of Mukalla

See main article: Battle of Mukalla (2016). On 24 April 2016, the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces entered Mukalla and commenced operations against AQAP, liberating Mukalla in 36 hours. The operation was hailed by US Defence Secretary James Mattis as a model of fighting terrorism.[67] [68]

Mukalla was then used as a base of operations by the UAE Armed Forces and Joint Special Operations Command, allowing the CIA to target AQAP strongest cells in Yemen.[69]

2018

In August 2018, Al Jazeera reported that the Saudi Arabian-led coalition "battling Houthi rebels secured secret deals with al-Qaeda in Yemen and recruited hundreds of the group's fighters. ... Key figures in the deal-making said the United States was aware of the arrangements and held off on drone attacks against the armed group, which was created by Osama bin Laden in 1988."[70] [71] [72]

According to the Associated Press, the Saudi-led coalition "cut secret deals with al-Qaida fighters, paying some to leave key cities and towns and letting others retreat with weapons, equipment and wads of looted cash... hundreds more were recruited to join the coalition itself."[73]

2019

On 7 April 2019, UAE and Security Belt forces launched a large anti-terror military campaign to clear a number of mountains and valleys located in the Mahfad town, then a key hideout of AQAP militants. UAE-backed Yemeni security forces succeeded in seizing arms and ammunition, including hand grenades, improvised explosive devices and communication equipment and AQAP militants fled to other areas.[74]

On 30 August 2019, UAE airstrikes on AQAP in southern Yemen targeted a number of moving vehicles carrying AQAP members.[75]

In September 2019, AQAP took advantage and deployed across Abyan and Shabwa in southern Yemen following the UAE draw down from Yemen and increased infighting between Houthis and Hadi forces. According to a local Yemeni official, the absence of the Shabwani elite security units, that had been trained and equipped by the UAE, enabled AQAP to gain a foothold in the turbulent Shabwa province again.[76]

2020

On 31 January 2020, The New York Times reported three U.S. officials "expressed confidence" that Qasim al-Raymi, the emir of AQAP, was killed in Yemen. For years al-Raymi eluded U.S. forces as he led what experts sometimes refer to as al-Qaida's "most dangerous franchise." The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mick Mulroy said, if confirmed, his death would be "very significant". This was not the first time the United States has tried to get al-Raymi. He was the target of a 29 January 2017, special operations raid in which Navy SEAL William Owens (Navy SEAL) was killed. "The United States never forgets", Mulroy said.[77] [78] The Wall Street Journal also reported his death and that al-Raymi directed multiple operations to attack the U.S. including the attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009.[79] His death was later confirmed by the White House on 6 February.[80]

2021

Since AQAP was expelled from the al-Qayfa district in the northwestern region of al-Bayda in 2020, its activities in 2021 were largely confined to the al-Sawmaa, Dhi Naim and Mukayras districts in the southeast, near the borders of Abyan and Shabwah. Despite continued activity in al-Bayda, AQAP militants appear to have mostly retreated to neighboring Abyan and Shabwah governorates after the Houthi takeover al-Bayda.[81]

2022

Since 2022, AQAP gradually shifts its activities towards the southern part of Yemen, more than 70% of the group's activities will take place in Abyan and Shabwah. After June 2022, there have been no recorded violent interactions between Houthi forces and AQAP. This may be the realization of a possible strategic shift within the bloc since 2020, whereby AQAP's main targets are now Western countries and their regional and Yemeni allies, rather than Houthi forces. The change in strategy may be the result of AQAP's growing influence under Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian citizen based in Iran with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In August 2022, the once-vaunted Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula is shown to be greatly weakened when none of the group's leaders were deemed potential successors to Ayman al-Zawahiri as leader of Al Qaeda following al-Zawahiri's death.[82] According to a UN report published in February 2023, Al-Adel is also said to have succeeded Ayman al-Zawahiri at the al-Qaeda center.

Ansar al-Sharia

See main article: Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen). In the wake of the 2011 Yemeni Revolution and the Battle of Zinjibar, an Islamist insurgent organization called Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) (Supporters of Islamic Law), emerged in Yemen and seized control of areas in the Abyan Governorate and surrounding governorates in southern Yemen and declared them an Islamist Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen. There was heavy fighting with the Yemeni security forces over the control of these territories, with Ansar al-Sharia driven out of most of their territory over 2012.[83]

In April 2011, Shaykh Abu Zubayr Adil bin Abdullah al-Abab, AQAP's chief religious figure, explained the name change as a re-branding exercise: "the name Ansar al-Sharia is what we use to introduce ourselves in areas where we work to tell people about our work and goals."[84]

On 4 October 2012, the United Nations 1267–1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and the United States Department of State designated Ansar al-Sharia an alias for AQAP, with the State Department describing it as an attempt to attract followers in areas of Yemen where AQAP had been able to establish territorial control and implement its interpretation of Sharia.

U.S. drone strikes

See main article: Targeted killing.

A CIA targeted killing drone strike killed Kamal Derwish, an American citizen, and a group of al-Qaida operatives (including Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi) in Yemen in November 2002. Drones became shorthand in Yemen for a weak government allowing foreign forces to have their way.[85]

On 30 September 2011, a US drone attack in Yemen resulted in the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, one of the group's leaders, and Samir Khan, the editor of Inspire, its English-language magazine.[86] Both were US citizens.[87]

The pace of US drone attacks quickened significantly in 2012, with over 20 strikes in the first five months of the year, compared to 10 strikes during the course of 2011.[88]

Over the period 19–21 April 2014, a series of drone attacks on AQAP killed dozens of militants, and at least 3 civilians.[89] [90] [91] [92] [93] A spokesperson for the Yemeni Supreme Security Committee described the attacks, which included elements of the Yemeni army as well as US drones, as "massive and unprecedented".[94] The attacks were alleged to have targeted AQAP leadership, with a major AQAP base in Wadi al-Khayala reported to have been destroyed.[95]

From 1 through 8 March 2017, the US conducted 45 airstrikes against AQAP, a record amount of airstrikes conducted against the group by the US in recent history. The airstrikes were reported to have killed hundreds of AQAP militants.[96] [97] The US continued its airstrikes afterward. Around 1–2 April 2017, the US carried out another 20 airstrikes, increasing the total number of airstrikes against AQAP in 2017 to 75, nearly double previously yearly record of 41 airstrikes in 2009.[98]

On 31 August 2019, at least 40 al Qaeda operatives were killed in airstrike carried out by the United States on a training camp in presence of the leaders of Hurras al-Deen, Ansar al-Tawhid and other allied groups in Syria.[99]

Senior leaders

Name Position Situation
Nasir al-Wuhayshi Former Emir and founder of AQAP
  • Founder and former Emir of AQAP.
  • Deputy Emir and general manager of al-Qaeda.[100] [101]
  • Killed in a drone strike in June 2015.[102]
Qasim al-Raymi Former Emir and former military commander
  • Senior military commander in AQAP.[103] [104]
  • In 2007, he and AQAP leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi announced the emergence of al-Qaida in Yemen, AQAP's predecessor group.[105]
  • He played an important role in recruiting the current generation of militants making up the Yemen-based AQAP.
  • Succeeded Nasir al-Wuhayshi as leader of AQAP.
  • Killed in a drone strike in late January 2020.[106]
Khalid Batarfi Former Emir and former senior commander
Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki Emir and former senior commander
  • Succeeded Khalid Batarfi as leader of AQAP.[110]
Said Ali al-Shihri Former Deputy Emir
  • Deputy Emir and highest ranking Saudi official in AQAP.[111]
  • Was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay until released to Saudi Arabia in November 2007.[112]
  • Killed in a drone strike in 2013.[113]
Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi Field commander
  • Was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay until released to Saudi Arabia in November 2007.[114]
  • Surrendered to Saudi authorities in Yemen in February 2009.[115]
Jalal Bala'idi Operational commander
  • Senior military commander in AQAP.
  • He played an important role during the AQAP battles in the Abyan province.
  • Killed in a drone strike in February 2016.
  • Succeeded by his brother Tawfiq Bala'idi.
Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan Operational commander
  • Senior military commander in AQAP.
  • Killed in a drone strike in April 2012.[116]
Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh
  • He was reported to be AQAP's mufti.[117]
  • Also served as a senior advisor for AQAP operational planning, and was involved in the planning of attacks.[118]
  • Detaineed at Guantanamo Bay until December 2006 when he was handed over to Saudi Arabian authorities, he subsequently escaped to Yemen.[119]
  • Killed in a drone strike in April 2015.[120]
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi Senior sharia official
  • Al-Ansi was a senior ranking Shari'a official within AQAP.
  • He claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo shooting on behalf of AQAP.[121]
  • Killed in a drone strike in April 2015.[122]
Anwar al-Awlaki Chief of External Operations
  • Senior recruiter and involved in organizing external operations to be conducted for AQAP.[123] [124] [125]
  • Killed in a drone strike in September 2011.[126]
Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari Senior sharia official
  • Senior ranking Shari'a official within AQAP.
  • He rebuked the Islamic State announcement of expanding their caliphate into Yemen and renewed loyalties to al-Qaeda and its leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.[127]
  • Killed in a drone strike in January 2015.[128]
Ibrahim al-Banna Chief of Security
  • Has served as AQAP's chief of security.[129]
  • He is a founding member of AQAP and provides military and security guidance to the AQAP leadership.
Fahd al-Quso Operational commander
  • Wanted by the United States for his involvement in the USS Cole bombing in Aden, Yemen on 12 October 2002.
  • Killed in a drone strike in May 2012.
Shawki al-Badani Operational commander
  • Played a key role in a plan for a major attack in summer 2013 that led the United States to close 19 diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa.
  • Killed in a drone strike in November 2014.
Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi Operational commander
  • Al-Ghamdi was involved in raising funds for the organization's operations and activities in Yemen.[130]
  • He first appeared in a video released in May 2010, where he was identified publicly as AQAP's operational commander.
  • He was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp from April 2006 to June 2006 until he was handed over to Saudi Arabian authorities and subsequently released.
  • Killed in a drone strike in Yemen in February 2015.[131]
  • AQAP confirmed al-Ghamdi's death in September 2018.[132]
Samir Khan Editor and publisher of Inspire magazine
  • Khan was the editor and publisher of Inspire magazine, an English-language online magazine published by AQAP.
  • Killed in a drone strike in September 2011.
Ibrahim al-Asiri Explosives expert
Ibrahim al Qosi Senior sharia official
  • Al-Qosi was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay from January 2002 to July 2012 until he was handed over to Sudan after serving a short sentence as part of a plea bargain.

Members

The group has taken advantage of Yemen's "slow collapse into near-anarchy. Widespread corruption, growing poverty and internal fragmentation have helped make Yemen a breeding ground for terror."[138] More than two years later, on 25 April 2012, a suspected US drone strike killed Mohammed Said al-Umdah, a senior AQAP member cited as the number four in the organization and one of the 2006 escapees. He had been convicted of the 2002 tanker bombing and for providing logistical and material support.[139]

Yemeni analyst, Barak Barfi, discounted claims that marriage between the militant group and Yemeni tribes is a widespread practice, though he states that the bulk of AQAP members hail from the tribes.

AQAP is a popular choice for radicalized Americans seeking to join Islamist terror organizations overseas. In 2013 alone, at least three American citizens or permanent residents — Marcos Alonso Zea, Justin Kaliebe, and Shelton Thomas Bell — have attempted to join AQAP.[140] They count among over 50 Americans who have attempted to join terrorist groups overseas, including AQAP, since 2007.

Reportedly, as many as 20 Islamist British nationals traveled to Yemen in 2009 to be trained by AQAP.[141] In February 2012, up to 500 Internationalistas from Somalia's Al Shabaab, after getting cornered by a Kenyan offensive and conflict with Al Shabaab national legions, fled to Yemen.[142] It is likely that a number of this group merged with AQAP.The following is a list of people who have been purported to be AQAP members. Most, but not all, are or were Saudi nationals. Roughly half have appeared on Saudi "most wanted" lists. In the left column is the rank of each member in the original 2003 list of the 26 most wanted.

Most
wanted		EnglishArabicNotes
Yousif Saleh Fahd al-'Uyayri (or Ayyiri, etc.)يوسف صالح فهد العييريleader, writer, and webmaster, killed June 2003 in Saudi Arabia[143]
3Khalid Ali bin Ali Hajjخالد علي بن علي حاجleader, killed in Riyadh March or April 2004[144]
1Abdulaziz Issa Abdul-Muhsin al-Muqrinعبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرنleader, killed in Riyadh 18 June 2004[145] [146] [147]
5Saleh Muhammad 'Audhuallah al-'Alawi al-Oufiصالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفيleader, killed 17 or 18 August 2005 in Medina[148]
2Rakan Muhsin Mohammad AlsaykhanRakan Muhsin Mohammed al-Saikhanراكان محسن محمد الصيخانkilled 12 April 2004 in Riyadh
7Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibiسعود حمود عبيد القطيني العتيبيsenior member, one of 15 killed in a 3-day battle in Ar Rass April 2005[149] [150]
4Abdul Kareem Al-Majatiعبد الكريم المجاطيMoroccan, killed with Saud al-Otaibi at Ar Rass, was wanted in the USA under the name Karim El Mejjati
6Ibrahim Muhammad Abdullah al-Raisإبراهيم محمد عبدا لله الريسkilled 8 December 2003 in Riyadh
8Ahmad Abdul-Rahman Saqr al-Fadhliأحمد عبدالرحمن صقر الفضليkilled 22 April 2004 in Jeddah
9Sultan Jubran Sultan al-Qahtani alias Zubayr Al-Rimiسلطان جبران سلطان القحطانيq.v., killed 23 September 2003 in Jizan
10Abdullah Saud Al-Siba'iعبد الله سعود السباعيkilled 29 December 2004[151]
11Faisal Abdul-Rahman Abdullah al-Dakhilفيصل عبدالرحمن عبدالله الدخيلkilled with al-Muqrin
12Faris al-Zahraniفارس آل شويل الزهرانيideologue, captured 5 August 2004 in Abha[152]
13Khalid Mobarak Habeeb-Allah al-Qurashiخالد مبارك حبيب الله القرشيkilled 22 April 2004 in Jeddah
14Mansoor Muhammad Ahmad Faqeehمنصور محمد أحمد فقيهsurrendered 30 December 2003 in Najran
15'Issa Saad Muhammad bin 'Ushanعيسى سعد محمد بن عوشنideologue, killed 20 July 2004 in Riyadh
16Talib Saud Abdullah Al Talibطالب سعود عبدالله آل طالبat large; (last of the original 26)
17Mustafa Ibrahim Muhammad Mubarakiمصطفى إبراهيم محمد مباركيkilled 22 April 2004 in Jeddah
18Abdul-Majiid Mohammed al-Mani'عبد المجيد محمد المنيعideologue, killed 12 October 2004 in Riyadh[153]
19Nasir Rashid Nasir Al-Rashidناصر راشد ناصر الراشدkilled 12 April 2004 in Riyadh
Sultan bin Bajad Al-Otaibiسلطان بن بجاد العتيبيspokesman[154] and writer for al-Qaeda, killed 28 or 29 December 2004[155]
20Bandar Abdul-Rahman Abdullah al-Dakhilبندر عبدالرحمن عبدالله الدخيلkilled December 2004
21Othman Hadi Al Maqboul Almardy al-'Amariعثمان هادي آل مقبول العمريrecanted, under an amnesty deal, 28 June 2004 in Namas[156] [157]
22Talal A'nbar Ahmad 'Anbariطلال عنبر أحمد عنبريkilled 22 April 2004 in Jeddah
23'Amir Muhsin Moreef Al Zaidan Al-Shihriعامر محسن مريف آل زيدان الشهريkilled 6 November 2003 in Riyadh[158]
24Abdullah Muhammad Rashid al-Rashoudعبد الله محمد راشد الرشودq.v., ideologue, killed May or June 2005 in Iraq
25Abdulrahman Mohammad Mohammad Yazjiعبدالرحمن محمد محمد يازجيkilled 6 April 2005
26Hosain Mohammad Alhasakiحسين محمد الحسكيMoroccan, held in Belgium
Turki N. M. al-Dandaniتركي ناصر مشعل الدندنيcell leader, a former # 1 most wanted,[159] died by suicide July 2003 in al-Jawf[160]
Ibrahim bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad al-Muzainiإبراهيم بن عبد العزيز بن محمد المزينkilled with Khalid Ali Hajj
Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Jubran al-Yazjiعبدالكريم محمد جبران اليازجيkilled 2 June 2004 in Ta'if
Mohammed Othman Abdullah al-Waleedi al-Shuhriمحمد عثمان عبدالله الوليدي الشهري
Mansour Faqeehمنصور فقيهsurrendered[161]
Hamid Fahd Abdullah al-Salmi al-Shamriحمد فهد عبدالله الأسلمي الشمري
Ahmad Nasser Abdullah al-Dakhilأحمد ناصر عبدالله الدخيل (dead)
Turki bin Fuheid al-Mutairi a/k/a Fawaz al-Nashimiتركي بن فيهد المطيريkilled with al-Muqrin
Jubran Ali Hakmiجبران علي حكمي[162]
Hani Said Ahmed Abdul-Karim al-Ghamdiهاني سعيد أحمد عبد الكريم الغامدي
Ali Abdul-Rahman al-Ghamdiعلي عبد الرحمن الغامديsurrendered 26 June 2003[163]
Bandar bin Abdul-Rahman al-Ghamdiبندر عبد الرحمن الغامديcaptured September 2003 in Yemen[164] and extradited to KSA
Fawaz Yahya al-Rabi'iفواز يحيى الربيعيq.v., killed 1 October 2006 in Yemen
Abdul-Rahman Mansur Jabarahعبدالرحمن منصور جبارة"Canadian-Kuwaiti of Iraqi origin", dead according to al-Qaeda; brother of Kuwaiti-Canadian Mohamed Mansour Jabarah
Adnan bin Abdullah al-Omaricaptured somewhere outside KSA, extradited to KSA November 2005[165]
Abdul-Rahman al-Mutibkilled in al Qasim December 2005[166]
Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman al-Suwailmi, alias Abu Mus'ab al-Najdiمحمد بن عبد الرحمن السويلميkilled in al Qasim December 2005
According to Saudi authorities,[167] these 12 died or were killed while committing the Riyadh compound bombings on 12 May 2003. Several were previously wanted.
Khaled Mohammad Muslim Al-Juhaniخالد محمد مسلم الجهنيleader of this group
Abdul-Karim Mohammed Jubran Yazjiعبد الكريم محمد جبران اليازجي
Mohammed Othman Abdullah Al-Walidi Al-Shehriومحمد عثمان عبد الله الوليدي الشهري
Hani Saeed Ahmad Al Abdul-Karim Al-Ghamdiهاني سعيد أحمد عبد الكريم الغامدي
Jubran Ali Ahmad Hakami Khabraniجبران علي أحمد حكمي خبراني
Khaled bin Ibrahim Mahmoudخالد بن إبراهيم محمودcalled "Baghdadi"
Mehmas bin Mohammed Mehmas Al-Hawashleh Al-Dosariمحماس بن محمد محماس الهواشلة الدوسري
Mohammed bin Shadhaf Ali Al-Mahzoum Al-Shehriمحمد بن شظاف علي آل محزوم الشهري
Hazem Mohammed Saeedحازم محمد سعيدcalled "Kashmiri"
Majed Abdullah Sa'ad bin Okailماجد عبدالله سعد بن عكيل
Bandar bin Abdul-Rahman Menawer Al-Rahimi Al-Mutairiبندر بن عبد الرحمن منور الرحيمي المطيري
Abdullah Farres bin Jufain Al-Rahimi Al-Mutairiعبدالله فارس بن جفين الرحيمي المطيري
Abdullah Hassan Al Aseeryعبد الله حسن عسيريDied trying to assassinate a Saudi prince in October 2009.
The following five were reported killed in Dammam in early September 2005.[168]
Zaid Saad Zaid al-Samaria former most wanted, killed by Saudi forces in 2005[169]
Saleh Mansour Mohsen al-Fereidi al-Harbi
Sultan Saleh Hussan al-Haseri
Naif Farhan Jalal al-Jehaishi al-Shammari
Mohammed Abdul-Rahman Mohammed al-Suwailmi
Former Guantanamo captive who appeared in threatening YouTube video in January 2009, and who voluntarily turned himself in to Saudi authorities a month later.[170]
Anders Cameroon Østensvig Dale,[171] also known as Abu Abdurrahman – al Faranghi[172] A convert; he is imprisoned in Yemen (as of Q1 2023); allegedly trained as a bombmaker—hunted by CIA, MI5 and Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste, since 2012.

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