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⭐️An Iran-based former Egyptian special forces officer and a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda, Saif al-Adel is the new purported chief of the terrorist group, as per a UN report.
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2. US State Department also confirmed that Saif al-Adel has become the 'uncontested' leader of Al-Qaeda following the July 2022 death of Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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3. It is important to note here that Al Qaeda has not formally named a successor for Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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4. Notably, 62-year-old former Egyptian special forces lieutenant-colonel, Saif al-Adel has a bounty of $10 million on his head.
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5. Saif Al Adel was indicted and charged in November 1998 by a US federal grand jury for his role in the bomb attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 224 civilians and wounded more than 5,000 others.
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6. Saif al-Adel has been in Iran since 2002 or 2003. Adel and other Al Qaeda leaders were placed under house arrest in April 2003 by Iran, but later released him and four others in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Yemen.
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7. Ali Soufan, a former FBI special agent wrote in a profile published by the Combating Terrorism Center that the high-ranking terrorist has been described as a 'shrewd figure with a poker face'. His real name is Mohammed Salahuddin Zeidan.
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8. The place of birth of the new Al-Qaeda leader is the Menofia Governorate, Egypt, an area just north of Cairo. He has other aliases including Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, Ibrahim Al-Madani and Muhamad Salah al-din al-Halim Zaydan.

9. Saif Al Adel has been credited with training some of the hijackers who participated in the 9-11 attacks on US targets!!!