Al-Qaeda releases video it claims narrated by al-Zawahiri who was believed dead: SITE

Al-Qaeda releases video it claims narrated by al-Zawahiri who was believed dead: SITE
December 24, 2022, 6:55 am

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Al-Qaeda has released a 35-minute recording the group claims was narrated by its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US raid in August 2022, SITE intelligence group said on Friday.

The recording was undated and the transcript did not clearly point towards a time frame for when it could have been made.

Zawahiri was killed in a US strike in Afghanistan, the biggest blow to the terrorist group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

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Zawahiri had been in hiding for years, and the operation to locate and kill him was the result of “careful, patient and persistent” work by the counterterrorism and intelligence community, a senior US administration official said.

Al-Qaeda has not named a successor. But Saif al-Adel, a mysterious, low-key former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, is seen by experts as the top contender.

The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.

Source: alarabiya

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