Mohammed Abdel Karim Al Ghezali is a citizen of Yemen who was one of the founders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in 2009 and remains one of its senior leaders.

[1] CBS News reported that Al Ghezali appeared in a September 2009 fundraising video with Said Ali al-Shihri, the second in command of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The Saudi Gazette reports that Al Ghezali "assisted in the movements of Abdullah al-Asiri, the author of the [sic] August's failed assassination attempt on Prince Muhammad bin Nayef.

"[2] On January 4, 2018, US counterintelligence officials placed Al Ghezali and two other individuals on its list of specially designated terrorists.

[3][4][5] The US State Department described Al Ghezali, Wanas al-Faqih, and Abukar Ali Adnan as senior leaders of three different offshoots of al-Qaeda.