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Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda is militant organisation founded in 1988 and led by Saif Al Adel. It has many branches, notably in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and in the Maghreb

Taliban security stand guard in the neighbourhood where a US drone strike killed the Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in Kabul, Afghanistan. EPA
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Fears taking out Ayman Al Zawahiri may breathe new life into Al Qaeda

UKAugust 02, 2022
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Ayman Al Zawahiri delivers a lecture on a video produced by Al Qaeda and obtained in June 2011. AFP
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Ayman Al Zawahiri: Who was America's most wanted terrorist?

MENAAugust 02, 2022
The US Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone, which is commonly used in anti-personnel strikes. US Military

Did the US use its secret R9X ‘Ninja Hellfire’ missile to kill Al Zawahiri?

AsiaAugust 02, 2022
Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul, President Joe Biden announced. AFP
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Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri's descent into terrorism

EgyptAugust 02, 2022
Al Qaeda's leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in 2011. The Egyptian-born terrorist was killed by a US drone in Afghanistan at the weekend. AFP
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Middle East governments welcome 'eradication' of terrorism after Al Zawahiri's killing

AsiaAugust 02, 2022
The roots of Ayman Al Zawahiri, who became leader of Al Qaeda, can be traced back to the Muslim Brotherhood. AFP
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Inside the operation to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri

AsiaAugust 02, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Osama bin Laden sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn/Handout via REUTERS/ THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. / File Photo
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Al Qaeda leader Al Zawahiri killed in US strike, Biden says

USAugust 01, 2022
A US Air Force MQ-1B Predator drone. US Air Force / AFP

US strike in Syria on 'senior' militant, US military says

USJune 27, 2022
Three militants belonging to ETA, a Basque separatist movement, make a declaration from an undisclosed location in October 2011. AFP / Gara.et

US removes five groups from terror blacklist but retains Al Qaeda

USMay 20, 2022
A Malian soldier, assigned to work with the G5 Sahel anti-extremist alliance, on duty in the town of Sevare. AFP

Mali withdraws from regional anti-ISIS force

AfricaMay 16, 2022
Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahri appears in a video issued by As Sahab, the terrorist group's media branch, on April 5. AP

Fresh controversy over India hijab ban as Al Qaeda leader resurfaces to incite 'battle'

AsiaApril 07, 2022
US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Thomas West speaks with Afghan Representative Shah Gul Rezai during a meeting at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo, Norway. NTB/Stian Lysberg Solum via Reuters

Biden’s Afghanistan envoy details ‘honest and productive’ dialogue with Taliban

USFebruary 15, 2022
Pakistani security officials patrol at the country's border with Afghanistan. EPA

German intelligence on alert for extremists travelling to Afghanistan

EuropeFebruary 09, 2022
Amir Mohammed Said Abd Al Rahman Al Mawla. AFP
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ISIS leader killed in US Special Forces operation in Syria

SyriaFebruary 03, 2022
An Al Qaeda logo on a street sign in the town of Jaar in Yemen’s southern Abyan province in 2012. Hani Mohammed / AP

AQAP announces death of former Bin Laden associate in Yemen, intelligence group says

GulfJanuary 21, 2022
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