Abu Yahya Al-libi

Al Qaeda confirmed on Tuesday that one of the group's most senior figures, veteran militant Abu Yahya al-Libi, had died in a U.S. drone strike earlier this year. The U.S. government said in June it had killed Libi in Pakistan, dealing the biggest in a series of blows to the group since the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year.

Two websites linked to Al-Qaeda announced on Sunday that they will air a new video featuring the jihadist network's deputy leader Abu Yahya al-Libi, whom Washington claimed last week to have killed.

A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed Al Qaeda's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed on Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden.

In what US officials described as major blow to Al Qaeda, the group's second-ranking leader, a militant known as Abu Yahya al-Libi, was killed in a strike by a missile fired from a US-operated drone, an official confirmed on Tuesday.

The United States is highly confident that the Al Qaeda's Number two Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan, in what an official described on Tuesday as a "major blow" to the group's leadership.

The US has slapped sanctions against three al Qaeda leaders based in Pakistan, including Abu Yahya al-Libi, considered as its propaganda chief, and one key facilitator of the terror network, striking at the "heart" of the group's remaining leadership.

Al Qaeda confirmed on Tuesday that one of the group's most senior figures, veteran militant Abu Yahya al-Libi, had died in a U.S. drone strike earlier this year. The U.S. government said in June it had killed Libi in Pakistan, dealing the biggest in a series of blows to the group since the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year.

Two websites linked to Al-Qaeda announced on Sunday that they will air a new video featuring the jihadist network's deputy leader Abu Yahya al-Libi, whom Washington claimed last week to have killed.

A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed Al Qaeda's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed on Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden.

In what US officials described as major blow to Al Qaeda, the group's second-ranking leader, a militant known as Abu Yahya al-Libi, was killed in a strike by a missile fired from a US-operated drone, an official confirmed on Tuesday.

The United States is highly confident that the Al Qaeda's Number two Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan, in what an official described on Tuesday as a "major blow" to the group's leadership.

The US has slapped sanctions against three al Qaeda leaders based in Pakistan, including Abu Yahya al-Libi, considered as its propaganda chief, and one key facilitator of the terror network, striking at the "heart" of the group's remaining leadership.