Abdullah Mehdar

Abdullah al-Mehdar[2] (?-2010) was an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) member who was the leader of a cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces.[3] He had been fighting alongside Shia rebels in Saada before he was killed in a gunfight in the town of Sa'dah.[4] The fighting was so intense that it partially destroyed his home. A few days after his death, two Yemeni soldiers were killed in what was believed to have been a reprisal for Mehdar's death.

Abdullah al-Mehdar
NationalityYemeni
Military career
Allegiance Al-Qaeda
Service/branchAQAP
Years of service?-2010
Rankcommander in the Shabwah[1] and Saada Governorate

References
  1. "Reports: Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen - CNN.com".
  2. https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda%5B%5D
  3. "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010.
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/13/al-qaida-yemen


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