Saudi Arabia has stripped Hamza bin Laden, the son of late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, of his citizenship.
The kingdom’s interior ministry, in a notice published in the official gazette on Friday, indicated the citizenship had been revoked last November via a royal decree.
The news was only made public on Friday.
The move came after the United States said it would offer $1 million under its “Rewards for Justice” program to anyone who could provide information leading to Hamza bin Laden’s capture.
The US government designated the younger bin Laden a “specially designated global terrorist” in January 2017.
He has emerged as a leader of al-Qaida and released audio and video messages calling for attacks against the US and its allies.
Hamza bin Laden’s current whereabouts are not known and there have been reports of him living in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria or in Iran under house arrest. He is believed to be about 30 years old.
His father, Osama bi Laden was killed in a US military aid in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad in May 2011.
