Usayd al-Adani

Usayd al-Adani (died March 2, 2017) was a senior leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Usayd al-Adani
Died	(2017-03-02)March 2, 2017 Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa Governorate
Other names	Mossad al-Adani
Known for	AQAP bombmaker

He was killed by a missile launched from a surveillance drone, on March 2, 2017. His killing attracted additional scrutiny as one of the seven other individuals killed by the missile was Yasir al-Silmi, said to be another name for an individual formerly held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo, Mohamed Tahar.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

After his death American officials claimed al-Adani was not just the leader of AQAP's efforts in Abyan Province, but that he was also an experienced bomb-maker.^[5] Courtney Kube, reporting for NBC News reported that he was killed in the village of Wadi Yashbum in Shabwa Governorate.