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On 31 July 2022, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Salafi jihadist group al-Qaeda, was killed by a United States drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri was one of the planners of the September 11 attacks against the United States.
A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who helped Osama bin Laden plot the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and helped al-Qaida survive and spread in ...
Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri (Arabic: أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهري, romanized: ʾAyman Muḥammad Rabīʿ aẓ-Ẓawāhirī; 19 June 1951 – 31 July 2022) was an Egyptian-born pan-Islamist militant and physician who served as the second general emir of al-Qaeda from June 2011 until his death in July 2022.
Zawahiri, 71, was killed over the weekend by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. President Biden announced the death Monday evening in an address to the nation.
A U.S. airstrike has killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, according to a person familiar with the matter. Biden: Drone strike on al-Qaida leader delivered 'justice' Skip to main ...
Drone strike. Ayman al-Zawahiri: Leader of Al-Qaeda. 2022-07-31 Kabul: Afghanistan: Egypt: Drone strike. Usamah al-Muhajir: Leader of ISIS forces in East Syria. 2023-07-09 Aleppo Governorate: Syria: Drone strike. [15] [16] Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi (Abu Taqwa) Senior Commander of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. 2024-01-04 Baghdad Iraq Iraq: Drone ...
Hellfire missiles fired by a Reaper drone [64] were used on 31 July 2022 to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri, [7] the leader of Al-Qaeda, who had formerly been involved in planning the 9/11 and other attacks on US targets. It was reported that the missile hit him on a balcony, causing minimal collateral damage.
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Ayman al-Zawahiri: 1998 United States embassy bombings: August 7, 1998 Killed: Osama bin-Laden's successor as Al-Qaeda's chieftain, Ayman al-Zawahiri was under indictment in the United States for his suspected role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.