Indonesian Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighter dies in Yemen In one of those rare moments, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) which is Al-Qaeda (AQ)’s affiliate in Yemen, announced on 24 May 2022 that an Indonesian mujahidin fighter known as Heru Siswanto @ Musa Al-Indunisy, had passed away due to leukemia. The announcement was made by AQAP’s official media outlet, Al Malahem Media. The significance of Heru’s death is that it gives an indication that there are Indonesian citizens who are part of AQAP in Yemen. This expose points to the fact that there might be other Southeast Asians there as well. Yemen has had it links with Southeast Asia as many from countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia have gone there previously for religious studies and some have family links too. In 2011 , five AQ suspects, including an Indonesian, were killed in Southern Yemen. Indonesians, numbering in the thousands have gone to Yemen to study since the early 2010s d...