BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia has stripped citizenship from Hamza bin Laden, the son of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official gazette. The US State Department said on Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading “to the identification or location in any country” of Hamza, calling him a key al Qaeda leader. He also threatened to target Americans abroad and urged Saudi tribes to unite with Yemen’s Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to fight against Saudi Arabia, it said. Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces who raided his compound in Pakistan in 2011. The Saudi decision to strip him of his citizenship was made by a royal order in November, according to a statement published in the Um al-Qura official journal.

Source: Pakistan Today March 02, 2019 05:44 UTC