article_snippet.sent: Khalid Saeed Batarfi was a senior leader with al-Qaeda before an al-Qaeda commander was jailed by Yemeni officials.
article_snippet.sent: Khalid Saeed Batarfi is among AQAP's top regional commanders, known for Khalid Saeed Batarfi leading role in a 2011-2012 battle with government troops during which extremists seized large parts of the south and east of Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: A second photograph shows Khalid Saeed Batarfi standing on a Yemeni flag in the abandoned building.
article_snippet.sent: According to CBS, AQAP Twitter accounts tweeted after a midnight raid on Thursday: 'All the brothers have been liberated, including Khalid Saeed Batarfi who is now amongst his brothers, all praise to Allah.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Khalid Saeed Batarfi was freed from a Yemeni prison by al-Qaeda this week .
  