The U.S. coordinated with Israel to track and kill al Qaeda’s No. 2 official in a shooting in Tehran in August, The Associated Press reported on Saturday. His daughter, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden, was also killed. ADVERTISEMENTFormer current and U.S. officials told the AP that the U.S. provided intelligence to Israel on where they could find Abdullah and the alias he was using. Abdullah was one of al Qaeda’s founding members and was believed to be second-in-command to the insurgent group’s current leader Ayman al-Zawahri.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 15, 2020 04:07 UTC