U.N. member states say that terrorist group al-Qaeda has a new leader, according to a report circulated on Monday.
The report states Sayf al-‘Adl, Osama bin-Laden’s former security head, is already leading the terrorist group.
The report was written by the U.N.’s Security Council and said that no announcement was made regarding the replacement by al-Qaeda after the death of its former head Ayman al-Zawahri following a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, last August.
“But in discussions in November and December, many U.N. member states took the view that Sayf al-‘Adl is already operating as the de facto and uncontested leader of the group,” the report says….