Khaled Al-Asad (Reboot)


 * NOTE: This article is about Al-Asad from the 2019 reboot of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sub-series. The original version can be found here: Khaled Al-Asad.

"These New Killers are calling him, "The Immortal Lion", or "Khaled Al-Asad"."

- Kate talking about Al-Asad.

"Nikolai: Nice hat. What's his name? Kate: We don't know, but he's got friends in high places."

- Al-Asad being revealed to Price, Nikolai and Kate.

Khaled Al-Asad (in Arabic: خالد الأسد) is one of the two main antagonists (along with Imran Zakhaev) of the Spec Ops story in the 2019 video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the reboot of the Modern Warfare series. He is the new leader of Al-Qatala following the Wolf's death, renamed it "Al-Qatala-Aljahdid" and leads it in a vengeance campaign against Russia for General Barkov's crimes.

Biography
Little is known about Al-Asad's life before he took over Al-Qatala. However, once he did following the death of the Wolf, he renamed the organization as "Al-Qatala-Aljahdid" and personally led them in an invasion on Verdansk, as revenge against Russia for General Barkov's innumerable war crimes against Urzikstan.

During this invasion, Al-Asad became associated with the arms dealer Imran Zakhaev, who had supplied the organization with heavy weapons, armored vehicles and helicopters, transforming the extremist group into a military-powered army. He is not seen when his supply chain is cut off, and remains at large.

Trivia

 * It is theorized that Hadir Karim, a villain in the game's campaign story, is the rebooted timeline's version of Al-Asad.