Sari Shihab

Sari Shihab is a Jordanian national born in 1973 who was a member of the different groups that were founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Sari Muhammad Hasan Shihab is also known as Abu Safar and Suhayb.[1] Shihab was one of five al-Qa'ida leaders who were released by Iran in March 2015 in exchange for a kidnapped Iranian diplomat in Yemen. The other four were Sayf al-Adl, Abu Mohammed al-Masri, Abu Khayr al-Masri and Khalid al-Aruri.[2]

According to one report Sari Shihab was "involved in WMD programs and plots.'[3] Sky News described Shihab and Al-Aruri as "The Iranians have also released two lesser known, though no less dangerous, operatives, both of Jordanian descent."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jean Charles Brisard and Damien Martinez, Zarqawi: The New Face of Al Qaeda (Cambridge 2005) p 136
  2. ↑ Rukmini Callimachi and Eric Schmitt, Iran Released Top Members of Al Qaeda in a Trade, New York Times, September 17, 2015; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-released-top-members-of-al-qaeda-in-a-trade.html
  3. ↑ http://metransparent.net/news/en/al-qaidas-external-operations-unit-is-back/
  4. ↑ Sky News,Terror Fears As Iran Frees Al Qaeda Members, 14 September 2015; http://news.sky.com/story/1552303/terror-fears-as-iran-frees-al-qaeda-members
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