appointing as its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian militant mastermind who has vowed to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden with a September 11-style mass attack. Zawahiri's succession was ...

Al-Zawahiri was a pivotal figure in Al-Qaeda's history, first as bin Laden’s second-in-command since 1998 and then as his successor. Al-Qaeda was reportedly trying to reconstitute in Afghanistan ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri — the FBI's most-wanted terrorist and Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant — was killed in a US air strike July 31. More from News ...

WASHINGTON, August 2. /TASS/. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, outlawed in Russia, was killed in a US special operation on July 31, a high-ranking US administration ...

[2] However, al-Jolani’s announcement was undertaken without consulting Ayman al-Zawahiri, the emir of al-Qaeda, and created significant tension within the organization.[3] Today, HTS maintains that ...