Ayman Al Zawahiri

The strike was carried out at 9:48 PM on July 30, 2022. A drone fired two Hellfire R9X missiles at Ayman al-Zawahiri as he walked on to the balcony of his safe house in Kabul.

Ayman al-Zawahiri killing was a great success of a bygone era

After 9/11, the US built a man-hunting machine without parallel in human history. But today, priorities lie elsewhere.

Terrorism | Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s killing won’t halt al-Qaeda’s receding relevance

India already had concerns over the Taliban sheltering Pakistan-headquartered anti-India terrorist elements on Afghan soil. Zawahiri’s hideout in Kabul reinforces that perception

Ayman al-Zawahiri read alone on balcony, a pattern-of-life intelligence CIA used to kill him: Report

Zawahiri, who played a key role in the 9/11 attacks and later formed Al-Qaeda's regional affiliate in the Indian subcontinent, was killed in a US drone strike on Saturday evening.

UN had absolutely no knowledge of Ayman al-Zawahiri's whereabouts: Spokesperson for UNSG

Zawahiri, who played a key role in the 9/11 attacks and later formed the group's regional affiliate in the Indian subcontinent, was killed in a drone strike carried out by CIA on Saturday at a house in a posh locality in the Afghan capital where he was sheltering to reunite with his family.

Hellfire R9X missile: The ‘secret weapon’ US used to kill Al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri

The Hellfire R9X is a ‘secret missile’ specially designed and developed by the United States to carry out pinpoint airstrikes, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The al-Qaeda terrorists who planned 9/11 attacks and where they are now

Who were the al-Qaeda terrorists who planned the September 11 attacks on the United States? Read more about Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others who plotted 9/11 - and what happened to them.

World is safer place following Ayman al-Zawahiri's death: US Secretary Antony Blinken

Blinken said the US will continue to act against those who threaten the country, its people and its allies.

How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-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 counter-terrorism and intelligence community, a senior administration official told reporters.

News Highlights: China condemns Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, says her trip violates the “one China” principle

News Highlights: Nancy Pelosi is the first US House leader to visit Taiwan since 1997. China says visit ‘Dangerous act of playing with fire’: Xinhua

Ayman al-Zawahiri: From Cairo physician to al Qaeda leader

Zawahiri, 71, was killed over the weekend in a U.S. drone strike, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.

Saudi Arabia welcomes killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

"Zawahiri is considered one of the leaders of terrorism that led the planning and execution of heinous terrorist operations in the United States and Saudi Arabia," it said.

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in Kabul drone strike, claims US

In a somber televised address, Biden said he gave the final go-ahead for the high-precision strike that successfully targeted Zawahiri in the Afghan capital over the weekend.

Zawahiri calls for jihad on eve of US embassy move to Jerusalem

In a five-minute video entitled "Tel Aviv is Also a Land of Muslims," the Egyptian doctor who took charge of the global terror group after its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011 referred to the Palestinian Authority as the "sellers of Palestine" while urging followers to take up arms.

Al Qaeda calls for attacks inside United States

With an intention to 'bleed America economically', Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al- Zawahiri called for small attacks inside the United States.

Al Qaeda No. 2 killed in drone strike: US official

Abu Yahya al Libi, a Libyan-born top al Qaeda leader, was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan earlier this week, a US official said on Tuesday.