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Who was Ayman al-Zawahri? Where does his death leave al-Qaida and what does it say about US counterterrorism?

Ayman al-Zawahri, leader of al-Qaida and a plotter of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been killed in a drone strike in the Afghan city of Kabul, according to the U.S. government.

The Conversation

Slain Al-Qaeda leader's son-in-law the ‘general manager of terror’ tipped to take over

Moroccan national Abdal Rahman al-Maghrebi - dubbed Al-Qaeda's "general manager" of terror - is married to the daughter of the extremist organisation's executed leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's and is expected to become his successor

Daily Mirror

U.S. has no DNA on Zawahiri, confirmed death by other sources - White House

The United States has no DNA confirmation of the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in the heart of Kabul, a White House spokesman on Tuesday, but verified his identity through other sources.

Reuters

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Q&A: the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri explained

Leader of global militant group was killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Evening Standard Comment: Al-Zawahiri’s killing is a victory for Biden, but raises questions about Taliban-al Qaeda ties

Justice delayed is justice denied. That is why President Joe Biden can claim a significant victory in the battle against Islamist terrorism following the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul.

Evening Standard

Afghans say they know little about US killing of al-Qaeda leader

People in Kabul neighbourhood where Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed say they are surprised but don’t know more than that.

Al Jazeera

Taliban under scrutiny as US kills al-Qaida leader in Kabul

The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri is intensifying global scrutiny of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers

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Nancy Pelosi tells President Tsai US will not abandon Taiwan – as it happened

House speaker meets Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei during visit described as ‘extremely egregious’ by China’s vice foreign minister

The Guardian - US

Inside Al-Qaeda leader's final days before being blasted by 'ninja missile' on balcony

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was instrumental in the 9/11 terror attacks with comrade Osama Bin Laden, spent much of his life living among Afghanistan's unforgiving mountains but spent his final months in a flashy Kabul suburb

Daily Mirror

Shocking moment of fiery explosion believed to have killed al-Qaeda chief

Osama Bin Laden's former right-hand man and current al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed by a CIA drone strike when he came out on the balcony of his safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Al Qaeda's Zawahiri survived harsh mountains, killed in posh Kabul locality

Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who had a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, survived years in Afghanistan's rugged mountains but his last months were spent in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood where top officials from the Taliban also live.

Reuters

US kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri: What we know so far

Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack that targeted a house in central Kabul, Afghanistan, according to the US.

Al Jazeera

Watching Al-Qaeda Chief’s ‘Pattern of Life’ Key to His Death

As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended Ayman al-Zawahiri's decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaeda. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. US officials had built a scale model of the safe…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban ‘grossly violated’ agreement by sheltering al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US says

Taliban condemns US for drone attack and calls it ‘clear violation of international principles and Doha Agreement’

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Radio France Internationale

US drone strike kills 9/11 attacks mastermind Zawahiri in Kabul

A US drone strike has killed Al Qaeda terrorist chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Announcing the death of one of the men who plotted the 9/11 attacks, American President Joe Biden said "justice had been delivered" to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ayman Al-Zawahiri: From Cairo Physician to Al-Qaeda Leader

Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al-Qaeda leader after years as its main organizer and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants ISIS hobbled his ability to inspire sizeable attacks on the West. Zawahiri, 71, was killed in a US drone strike, US President Joe…

Al Jazeera

US killing al-Zawahiri in Kabul a violation of Doha pact: Taliban

Taliban condemns the drone strike, calling it a ‘clear violation’ of international principles and 2020 Doha Agreement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri Killed in US Drone Strike in Downtown Kabul

The United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a "precision" strike in the center of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a $25 million…

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Dynamite News

"Justice has been delivered," says US President Joe Biden as 9/11 key plotter killed in Kabul

Al-Zawahiri was one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks was killed in a drone strike carried out by the US in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed by US drone strike in Kabul

The US President said intelligence officials tracked al-Zawahiri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family

Dynamite News

US kills Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike

"On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan and killed Al Qaeda Amir Ayman al-Zawahiri," US President Joe Biden said in a media briefing. Full story on Dynamite News:

Los Angeles Times

Biden declares ‘justice delivered’ after drone strike kills al-Qaida leader

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed in a CIA drone strike he ordered targeting the terrorist leader in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Watching al-Qaida chief's 'pattern of life' key to his death

The seeds of the U.S. counterterrorism operation that killed al-Qaida's leader were planted over many months

Reuters

How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

The Guardian - US

Ayman al-Zawahiri: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan, Joe Biden says

President ordered strike on Kabul safe house last month during a high-level meeting, administration says

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