Al-Qaeda broadcast images of the funeral of Khalid Batarfi, the body wrapped in a flag bearing the name of the jihadist organization. “God took his soul while he patiently sought his reward and (...) waged jihad,” said an Aqpa fighter in the nearly 15-minute video.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa) is considered by Washington as the most dangerous branch of the Sunni Muslim extremist network. AQAP grew in the chaos caused by the civil war that has ravaged Yemen since 2014.