Senior al-Qaeda leader, Saif al-Adel, has been arrested at Cairo airport, Egyptian security officials say.
He had arrived in the Egyptian capital on a flight from Pakistan, which had stopped in Dubai, an airport official told the AFP news agency.
The Egyptian, whose real name is Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi, was once Osama Bin Laden's security chief and oversaw its military operations.
He is wanted by the US for the 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa.
Following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Saif al-Adel is believed to have fled to Iran with Saad Bin Laden, a son of the late al-Qaeda leader.
They were allegedly then held under house arrest by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iran never acknowledged their presence.
Several letters and internet statements bearing Saif al-Adel's name or aliases were released after 2002, leading analysts to believe he was still in contact with al-Qaeda's leaders in the region.
Recent reports said Saif al-Adel might have been released and made his way to northern Pakistan, along with Saad Bin Laden.
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