Top Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

The ideological leader of Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed in a drone strike this week, allegedly by the United States, AQAP said in a statement published. Ibrahim al-Rubaish, who in January accused France of surpassing the United States as the top enemy of Islam, was killed with several other militants in a "crusader raid" on Monday, the statement said.

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