Trump "Successful Removal of Al-Qaeda Leader Qasim Alimi"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] On the 6th (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a statement that the U.S. military successfully killed Qasim al-Raymi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), through an anti-terrorism operation. This branch is known as the most active among Al-Qaeda's various branches and had been rapidly expanding its influence in the southern region of Yemen following the Yemeni civil war.

In a White House statement on the same day, President Trump said, "We have eliminated Qasim al-Raymi, the founder and leader of AQAP," adding, "His death further weakens Al-Qaeda and removes a threat to national security." Detailed circumstances or operational information related to al-Raymi's elimination were not disclosed.

AQAP, led by Qasim al-Raymi, remains the most active among the remaining Al-Qaeda branches and has been strengthening its presence in southern Yemen since the Yemeni civil war. The group also claimed responsibility for the shooting attack at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, USA, in December last year. Previously, the U.S. military had placed a $10 million bounty on al-Raymi.

According to U.S. media outlets such as CNN, al-Raymi was recently killed in a U.S. airstrike in Marib Governorate, Yemen. The U.S. military has launched a large-scale campaign to eliminate Al-Qaeda branches in the Arabian Peninsula, conducting 131 airstrikes in Yemen in 2017 and 36 in 2018, largely wiping out Al-Qaeda branches and affiliated organizations in the Arabian Peninsula.

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