OAN Workers Brooke Mallory6:03 PM – Friday, February 6, 2026
The Division of Justice (DOJ) introduced on Friday {that a} third key participant within the 2012 terrorist assault on American amenities in Benghazi, Libya, has been arrested and introduced into U.S. custody to face federal expenses.
U.S. officers have offered restricted particulars on the precise circumstances of 58-year-old Zubayr Al-Bakoush’s seize, citing operational safety and the continued nature of associated investigations.
Al-Bakoush was reportedly apprehended abroad as a part of a long-running FBI effort involving worldwide companions. Officers described the method as a “overseas switch of custody,” that means he was handed over to U.S. authorities by overseas officers, moderately than captured instantly in a U.S.-led raid — not like the 2014 seize of Ahmed Abu Khattala by U.S. particular forces in Libya.
Flight monitoring information and a number of experiences level to Libya because the origin of his extradition.
An FBI-affiliated plane departed from Misrata, Libya, on Thursday night time and arrived at a small airport in northern Virginia at round 3 a.m. ET on Friday, earlier than Al-Bakoush was transported to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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