WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The United States killed deputy leader of al Qaeda, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, in a strike in Yemen, U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
Two of the officials said the White House would make an announcement on Wuhayshi shortly.
Wuhayshi, a close associate of Osama bin Laden in the years before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, was once seen as a successor to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. He also was leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, widely seen as the militant network's strongest branch. (Reporting By Mark Hosenball, Arshad Mohammed and Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Bill Trott)
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