Video narrated by killed Al Qaeda chief Zawahiri surfaces: Report

Al Qaeda has launched a video of its chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US raid in August 2022.

Cairo,UPDATED: Dec 24, 2022 08:09 IST

Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US strike in Afghanistan. (File photograph)

By Reuters: Al Qaeda has launched a 35-minute recording the group claims was narrated by its chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US raid in August 2022, SITE intelligence group stated on Friday.

The recording was undated and the transcript didn’t clearly level in direction of a timeframe for when it may have been made.

Zawahiri was killed in a US strike in Afghanistan, the largest blow to the militant 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 find and kill him was the results of “careful, patient and persistent” work by the counterterrorism and intelligence group, a senior US administration official stated.

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

The United States is providing a reward of as much as $10 million for data resulting in his arrest.

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Dec 24, 2022