According to AFP, a top al-Qaeda official, Harith al-Nadhari, has been killed in a US drone attack in Yemen.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) tweeted earlier today that al-Nadhari and three other members of the terrorist organization were killed by a "crusader American drone strike against their car in the Saeed area of Shabwa province in southern Yemen," on January 31st, 2015.
Harith al-Nadhari recently threatened France with more terrorist attacks following the Charlie Hebdo and Kosher supermarket killings which left 17 people dead.
