Nasir al-Wuhayshi

Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi
ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي
Nasir al-Wuhayshi in 2012.
Born(1976-10-01)1 October 1976[1]
Abyan, South Yemen
(present-day Yemen)[2]
Died12 June 2015(2015-06-12) (aged 38)[3]
Mukalla, Yemen[4]
Cause of deathDrone strike
NationalityYemeni
Other namesAbu Basir
Known forFounder of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Military career
Allegiance Al-Qaeda
Service / branch Al-Qaeda central (1998–2001)
Al-Qaeda in Yemen (2001–2009)
AQAP (2009–2015)
Years of service1998–2015
RankFormer Emir of AQAP
Battles / warsWar on Terror

Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi (Arabic: ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي  Nasir ʿbd al-Karim al-Wahishi; also transliterated as Naser al-Wahishi, Nasser al-Wuhayshi) alias Abu Basir,[5] (1 October 1976 – 12 June 2015) was a Yemeni Islamist, who served as the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).[6][7][8] Both Saudi Arabia and Yemen considered al-Wuhayshi to be among their most wanted fugitives.[9][10] In October 2014, the US State Department increased the reward for any information leading to the capture or killing of al-Wuhayshi to US$10 million, the same as ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.[11] Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike in Hadhramaut Governorate of Yemen on 12 June 2015.[12][13]

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