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 …

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.

Aug 2, 2022 · Al-Qaeda’s leaders in Iran are working with Ayman al-Zawahri and ‘have grown more prominent’; Islamic State transforming from ‘proto-state’ to covert terrorist network

Dec 19, 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 2, 2022 · Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, US President Joe Biden has confirmed.

Aug 1, 2022 · Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda leader after years as its main organiser and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants Islamic...

Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda's long-time number two to Osama bin Laden, has in his latest audio message backed the wave of Arab revolts and called for sharia law in Egypt.

Jul 14, 2011 · Ayman al-Zawahiri assumed the leadership of al-Qaeda in June 2011, six weeks after U.S. forces killed top leader Osama bin Laden in his hideout in Pakistan. Until then, Zawahiri was...

Jun 16, 2011 · Selected quotations from the al-Qaeda statement announcing the appointment of Ayman al-Zawahiri as leader of the militant organisation following the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Jun 16, 2011 · Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been announced as the new leader of al-Qaeda, left his life as an Egyptian doctor in the capital Cairo decades ago, in order to dedicate himself to …