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Jul 15, 2024 · WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced Monday that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul, an operation he hailed as delivering “justice” while expressing hope that it brings “one more measure of closure” to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
2 days ago · One of Muhammad Qutb's students and later an ardent follower was Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who went on to become a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and later a mentor of Osama bin Laden and the second Emir of Al-Qaeda.
3 days ago · This put him at odds with another influential faction of the Afghan Arabs, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) and its leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Jul 19, 2024 · August 4, 2022 - Missiles that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri – while he stood on a balcony in the Afghan capital Kabul – caused minor collateral damage, suggesting they were Hellfire R9X variants.
2 days ago · In August 2022, a sign that the once-vaunted Al Qaeda Yemen group was greatly weakened was shown when no Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula leaders were deemed potential candidates to succeed Ayman al-Zawahiri as leader of Al Qaeda following al-Zawahiri's death.
Jul 14, 2024 · August 2, 2022 - The United States has killed top al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri was believed to be a co-planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.
3 days ago · Those included the Islamic Front, an alliance of local Islamist rebel groups; the Nusrah Front, a network aligned with the central faction of al-Qaeda led by Ayman al-Zawahiri; and fighters loyal to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
