Emir of al-Qaeda killed in Marib clashes

MARIB, Jan. 11 (YPA) – One of Al-Qaeda organization’s emir was killed on Wednesday in clashes with Sanaa forces, south of the city of Marib, northeastern Yemen.

Tribal sources in Marib said “Naji Saleh Lamak al-Aqili,” one of the emirs of al-Qaeda in al-Bayda province, was killed along with many the Saudi-led coalition recruits, while he leading a joint military attack with coalition forces in “Learif” area, south of the city of Marib.

Previously, the terrorist organization had issued many obituary statements for dozens of its leaders who were killed in Marib while fighting in the ranks of the coalition, the latest of which was the obituary statement issued on May 18, 2022, regarding the killing of the leader “Abu Hamza Al-Sanaani,” one of the professors of Al-Iman University, which is run by the Islah Party leader Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani in Sanaa, as well as another statement made on March 11, 2022, regarding the killing of the Emir of the terrorist organization “Shaker Mansour Ahmed Sharhan,” one of the commanders of the 156th Brigade of the coalition forces by Sanaa forces’ fire in the battles that took place in the “Bani Abd” area in Al-Abdiya district of Marib.

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