Qasim al-Rimi was a key figure of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and a deputy to Ayman al-Zawahiri. He has been killed in an air strike in Yemen last month, the US has said. Al-Rimi had also worked under Bim Laden in Afghanistan. US officials say his death fill further weaken the terror group that has anyway been in retreat. Al-Rime was responsible for plotting many terror attacks in the Arabian peninsula and in Europe.