A major Al-Qaeda operative of Arab origin was among the five militants killed in a suspected US missile strike in Bannu, a senior security official told a foreign news agency Wednesday. Security sources identified the militant as Abdullah Azam Al-Saudi, a senior member in Al-Qaeda network. "He was a senior commander of Al-Qaeda and was involved in recruiting and training of fighters," the senior official said. He is the second high-profile Al-Qaeda operative killed in recent US missile strikes in Pakistan's rugged tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative Abu Jihad al-Masri, described by the US as the terror network's propaganda chief, was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan in the early hours of November 1.