Son of Al-Qaeda Leader Is Dead, Group Confirms

Khaled Saleh al-Din Zidane was deeply involved in the group's media operations and strategy, working closely with his father Saif al-Adel.

Khaled Saleh al-Din Zidane, a senior member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the son of the group's de facto leader, Saif al-Adel, has died.The news was announced through AQAP's official magazine, al-Malahim, which confirmed his death but did not disclose the circumstances.Khaled, 29, was deeply involved in the group's operations and strategy, working closely with his father.

Once a colonel in Egypt's El-Sa'ka Forces during the 1980s, Saif was expelled by the Egyptian military in 1987 and arrested alongside thousands of Islamists amid allegations of attempting to rebuild the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and planning to topple Hosni Mubarak.Saif fled Egypt to Saudi Arabia and joined al-Qaeda, leading its newly formed media department. He was involved in the production of Osama Bin Laden's infamous videos, which quickly found audiences worldwide.

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