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Aug 03 2022
Opinion
Why death of al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri will have little impact
At first glance, the July 31 killing of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri by a US drone attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, appears to be the most significant setback the group has experienced since the death of its founder, Osama bin Laden, in 2011.
However, throughout the decade he administered al-Qaeda, al-Zawahiri worked to ensure the organisation has all the necessary tools in place to
Al Jazeera
Aug 04 2022
Analysis
Inside the decades-long quest to kill al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
US intelligence had hunted al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri for decades — then spent several months meticulously planning his death once he was traced to Afghanistan, where he was put up as a guest of the ruling Taliban following the disastrous US withdrawal last year.
The coward who co-planned the Sept. 11 attacks had become the world’s most wanted terrorist soon after his cohort,
New York Post (News)
Aug 01 2022
News
Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda Leader and 9/11 Strategist, Dies at 71
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, a founding member of the jihadist movement and one of the key strategists behind an international campaign of terror that culminated in the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, U.S. congressional officials said. He was 71.
From his days as a young medical student who organized underground Islamist cells in Cairo
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
Al Qaeda Leader Killed by US Drone Strike
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The leader of al Qaeda and one of the main figures in planning the September 11 attacks was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Sunday. Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in a wealthy neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, according to
AllSides Staff
Aug 04 2022
Opinion
Al Qaeda leader Zawahri's death and questions that need answers
President Biden gave a rare primetime address Monday night to announce that the CIA, on his orders, conducted a drone strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Zawahri is a longtime radical Islamist leader who succeeded Usama bin Laden as head of al Qaeda in 2011 and masterminded the deadly terrorist attacks against the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
This
Fox News (Opinion)
Aug 27 2021
News
In Taliban’s Afghanistan, opportunity for Al Qaeda, ISIS
As it negotiated its exit from Afghanistan, the U.S. relied, in part, on Taliban pledges to curb terrorism. The Kabul attack underscores experts’ doubts about the militants’ abilities, and intentions.
Twenty-five years ago, when the Taliban first took power in Afghanistan, the militants held a press conference to declare their opposition to terrorism and spreading radical Islam.
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 19 2015
News
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has emerged as one of the most dangerous al-Qaeda affiliates strengthening amid political unrest in Yemen. This Backgrounder examines the group and U.S. counterterrorism operations.
Council on Foreign Relations
Oct 24 2012
Headline Roundup
Emails Linked Al Qaeda
CNN (Online News)
Fox News (Online News)
Politico
Aug 04 2022
Analysis
Drone Strike That Killed al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Raises Tactical Questions on Threat From Afghanistan
The CIA drone strike that killed al Qaeda’s leader over the weekend demonstrates potent U.S. capabilities to target individual terror chieftains, but leaves unanswered the question of whether Washington can remotely thwart plots in Afghanistan before they become a threat.
Senior U.S. officials said that Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a strike in Kabul on Sunday morning by Hellfire
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 01 2022
News
Republicans join Democrats in praising Biden for death of al Qaeda leader Zawahiri
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle praised the White House on Monday after it was announced that the leader of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had been killed by a drone strike in Afghanistan.
Republicans and Democrats alike were quick to commend President Biden for taking action against the 71-year-old terrorist. Zawahiri, a one-time surgeon, had led al Qaeda since the 2011 death of
Fox News (Online News)