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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has announced the death of its leader Khalid Batarfi and appointed a successor, according to an intelligence service monitoring armed group networks worldwide.

SITE Intelligence Group reported late on Sunday that a statement by AQAP did not give a cause for Batarfi’s death.

It said Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki would take over as new leader.

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“God took his soul while he patiently sought his reward and stood firm, immigrated, garrisoned and waged jihad,” SITE quoted an AQAP veteran as saying of Batarfi in a