Al-Zawahiri had been in hiding for years, and a senior administration official said the tracking and killing process was a result of the work "Accurate, diligent and persistent" by agencies anti Terrorism and communications.
Al Qaeda has not named a successor. But experts consider Saif al-Adl, a former officer in Egyptian special forces And a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda, the leading candidate to succeed him.
The United States has offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.
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And he was killed Zawahiri In a US raid in Afghanistan, in the biggest blow to the militant group since the killing of its founder Usama bin Laden 2011.
Al-Zawahiri had been in hiding for years, and a senior US administration official said the process to locate and kill him was the result of “careful, diligent and persistent” work by the agencies. anti Terrorism and communications.
Al Qaeda has not named a successor. But experts consider Saif al-Adl, a former officer in Egyptian special forces And a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda, the leading candidate to succeed him.
The United States has offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.
