Abu Muhsin al-Masri (Arabic: أبو محسن المصري, born Husam Abd-al-Ra'uf, Arabic: حسام عبد الرؤوف; 1958 – October 2020)[1] was an Egyptian militant and a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.[2]
Abu Muhsin al-Masri | |
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Birth name | Husam Abd-al-Ra'uf |
Born | 1958[1] Egypt |
Died | October 2020 Ghazni Province, Afghanistan | (aged 61–62)
Allegiance | al-Qaeda |
He was added to FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List in 2019.[1] He was killed in an operation by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Central Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.[3] Director of US National Counter-Terrorism Center, Chris Miller, confirmed the death of Al Masri.[4] However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declined to issue any statement in relation to the death of Al Masri.[5]