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Al-Qaida leader’s death raises concerns over Taliban links, Afghanistan’s future

BEIRUT — By the time two U.S. Hellfire missiles slammed into the balcony of a house in downtown Kabul early Sunday morning and killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the 71-year-old al-Qaida leader had become increasingly irrelevant to the organization he had once helped shape into one of the world’s most dangerous jihadi…

Los Angeles Times

The downside: US strike shows Afghanistan still terror base

The Biden administration is holding out the CIA operation that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri as a monumental strike against the global terror network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001

The Independent UK

The Killing of Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri: How it Happened

Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open, on his balcony. But the US government had not given up…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Fears 'ninja' airstrike that wiped out al-Qaeda leader will spark fresh attacks on West

Intelligence and terrorism experts warned Ayman al-Zawahiri's death, although welcome revenge for thousands of deaths of civilians, signals a new threat to the world

Daily Mirror

Little-Known Modified Hellfire Likely Killed Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri

Little-known modified Hellfire likely killed al Qaeda's Zawahiri Two Hellfire missiles fired from a drone killed the leader of al-Qaeda, causing surprisingly little damage beyond the target, suggesting they may be a version shrouded in secrecy and used by the United States to avoid non-combatant casualties. Officials said the missiles…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Killing of Zawahiri gives beleaguered Joe Biden rare political win

US political leaders applaud drone strike as president, battered by inflation, war in Ukraine and Roe ruling, seeks upturn in fortunes

The Guardian - US

Zawahiri’s killing was a Biden play for popularity – but it may have unintended consequences

The death of the al-Qaida leader points to a potential shift, says Chatham House associate fellow Hameed Hakimi

The Guardian - UK

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Zawahiri's militant path surprised neighbours in Cairo suburb

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, seemed harmless to neighbours when he was a young man growing up in a leafy Cairo suburb.

Reuters

How Ayman al-Zawahiri’s ‘pattern of life’ allowed the US to kill al-Qaida leader

After a decades-long hunt the simple habit of sitting out on the balcony gave the CIA an opportunity to launch ‘tailored strike’

The Guardian - US

Factbox-Who could succeed Al Qaeda's leader Zawahiri?

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone missile while he stood on a balcony at his home in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, officials in Washington said, the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead in 2011.

Reuters

‘Let us deal with it’: inside the elite Kabul district where Zawahiri was hit

The Taliban are jumpy now in gaudy Sherpur, which has hosted warlords, US contractors – and the leader of al-Qaida

The Guardian - UK

US cut-and-run from Afghanistan has opened up a new hub

Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist group was killed by a “precision” strike from Hellfire missiles launched from a US drone, as he stood on the balcony at a safe house in Kabul last Sunday.

Evening Standard

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

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Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Evening Standard

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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

Daily Mirror

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

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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