Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - Leading world media report on the elimination of the second most important leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, known under the pseudonym Abu Muhammad al-Masri.

According to The New York Times, citing US intelligence officials, al-Masri was shot and killed along with his daughter on a street in Tehran in August 2020. The operation was carried out by Israeli intelligence officers at the request of their American colleagues.

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (al-Masri) is a high-ranking member of the leadership of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. He was known as the most experienced planner of operations.

According to The Guardian, al-Masri was seen as the likely successor to Ayman al-Zawahri, who is considered the current leader of al-Qaeda. He was suspected of organizing terrorist attacks at the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in August 1998, which killed 224 people, including 12 Americans, and more than 4.5 thousand were injured.

Commenting on the news of the elimination of al-Masri, experts believe that the US authorities feared the use of an experienced al-Qaeda commander by Iran in conducting an operation against the United States. In this regard, the elimination of al-Masri was carried out, since it was in the summer of this year. relations between the two countries have sharply deteriorated.

At the same time, the attention of analysts is attracted by the presence of high-ranking officials of Al-Qaeda in Iran. It is reported that al-Masri has been under arrest in Iran since 2003, and has been living freely in Tehran since 2015. Some experts believe that the Iranian authorities thus guarantee the refusal of operations by Al-Qaeda inside the country. Nevertheless, official Tehran denies the residence of any members of terrorist organizations on its territory, stating that this is another American fake aimed at denigrating the Iranian authorities.

In general, the American media widely disseminate information about the elimination of the influential person of the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda" at the request of the US authorities, thus demonstrating the increased role of Washington in the fight against international terrorism.