Yemen and Saudi Al-Qaeda merge .

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Aden : Yemen | 10 months ago

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Al-Qaeda groups in Yemen and Saudi Arabia have announced they are merging their operations, raising fears of new attacks in the region.

The organisation said that the joint forces would carry out operations across the Arabian peninsula and beyond.

Nasir Wuhaishi was named as the head of the new combined al-Qaeda unit.Wuhaishi's appointment was confirmed by Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the deputy al-Qaeda chief.

The group's deputy was named as Said Ali al-Shihri, a former prisoner at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

The announcement follows a number of attacks by al-Qaeda in Yemen.An attack outside the US embassy in Sanaa earlier in the week is believed to have been carried out by the group.

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