Saleh Al-Qaraawi

Saleh Al-Qaraawi is a Saudi militant and founder of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades.

Background

Al-Qaraawi fought in the Iraqi Insurgency alongside Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He was a founder of the militant Abdullah Azzam Brigades in 2009, which has carried out a number of attacks in the Middle East. He was identified as the leader of Saudi Arabia by Saudi Arabian security officials in a 3 February 2009 list of their 85 most wanted.
In December 2011, the US State Department listed him as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
Al-Qaraawi was arrested on 9 June 2012 after returning to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan where he had been wounded in a drone strike.