Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti (born Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman Al-Hussainan; 1965/1966 – December 6, 2012[1][2][3][lower-alpha 1]) was a high-ranking affiliate of Al-Qaeda, and was considered a potential successor to Ayman al-Zawahiri, the head of the Salafist jihad group. Abu-Zaid was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan.