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ANKARA — The United States has reportedly gained custody of Al Qaida’s chief in Libya.

A prominent Turkish newspaper reported that Abel Basset Azouz was arrested in northwestern Turkey in November 2014 as he tried to enter the country with a forged passport.

The Milliyet daily said Azouz was expected to stand on trial in the United States. Neither Turkey nor the United States has confirmed the capture.

Azouz has been accused of helping plan the 2012 Al Qaida-aligned attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi during which four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed.

The State Department has listed Azouz, who lived in Britain from 1994 to 2006, as one of the 10 most dangerous “global terrorists.” Azouz was believed to have appointed Al Qaida’s chief in Libya in 2011.

The Milliyet report said the 48-year-old Azouz, arrested in Yalova on Nov. 13, was identified as the chief of Al Qaida’s network in Libya.

The arrest of Azouz was said to have been coordinated by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization and the U.S. CIA. Milliyet said Azouz was flown to Jordan on Nov. 24 and then transferred to the United States.

Milliyet said Azouz entered Turkey with a passport under the name Awad Abdullah Ahmida. The newspaper said Azouz, who carried two laptops, was arrested after leaving a house in Yalova.