The United States killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri. in an air operation in Afghanistan, US media reported citing government officials.
the television network CNN and the diary Washington Post indicated that Al Zawahiri, of Egyptian nationality and 71 years old, was killed in a bombing carried out with a drone, in an operation over the weekend carried out by the CIA.
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At the moment, the US government has not confirmed the death of Al Zawahiri, but it is expected that the president of the United States, Joe Biden addresses the nation in a speech about a “successful counter-terrorism operation”.
Al-Zawahiri, c.Considered the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks that left almost 3,000 dead in New York, became head of terrorist organization after Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011 at the hands of a US commando in Pakistan.
The US State Department offered up to 25 million dollars in reward for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of the Al Qaeda leader.
This ad is made almost a year after the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistanwhich allowed the Taliban to regain control of the country twenty years after they were overthrown, and which earned President Biden much criticism.
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In mid-July the United States announced that killed the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, Maher al-Agalduring a drone strike, an operation that “significantly weakened the organization’s ability” to prepare, finance and carry out operations in the region”said a US military spokesman.
