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Al Qaeda leader reported killed in TunisiaBy Caleb Weiss | October 20th, 2019 | weiss.caleb2@gmail.com | @Weissenberg7A senior leader within al Qaeda’s Uqba bin Nafi Battalion (KUBN) was reportedly killed in a military operation earlier today, according to Tunisia’s Ministry of Interior.Murad al Shayeb was purportedly killed by Tunisian troops today in Kasserine governorate near the borders with Algeria. Tunisia states the military action today was part of a larger ongoing operation in the region.The Tunisian government states that Shayeb was responsible for a litany of attacks since 2013, including an assault on a former interior minister in 2014 and various ambushes in the Chaambi, Ouargha, Mghila, and Sammama mountains. Read more at: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/10/al-qaeda-leader-reported-killed-in-tunisia.php