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May 3, 2024 · Ayman al-Zawahiri (born June 19, 1951, Egypt—died July 31, 2022, Kabul, Afghanistan) was an Egyptian physician and militant who became one of the major ideologues of al-Qaeda. Zawahiri led al-Qaeda from 2011 until his death in 2022. Zawahiri was raised in Maʿādī, Egypt, several miles south of Cairo.
Aug 1, 2022 · WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday night that a U.S. counterterrorism operation over the weekend in Afghanistan killed top Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the...
Aug 2, 2022 · BBC. This is the suspected location of the strike in Kabul - green plastic sheeting has been draped over the balconies. The first signs of an operation that was months in the making erupted when an...
Aug 1, 2022 · Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian-born surgeon-turned-jihadist who assumed the leadership of Al Qaeda after the killing of Osama bin Laden and who died at 71 in a drone strike in Kabul,...
Aug 2, 2022 · WASHINGTON (AP) — As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a U.S. drone ended Ayman al-Zawahri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaida. The seeds of...
Aug 2, 2022 · Tue 2 Aug 2022 11.40 EDT. After nearly two decades in hiding, the Egyptian terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri, successor to Osama bin Laden as head of al-Qaida, has died aged 71. He was killed by...
Aug 2, 2022 · Top al-Qaida leader and key 9/11 plotter Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a drone strike carried out by the U.S. on July 30, according to President Joe Biden.
