On Monday, President Biden announced that the United States had killed Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike in Afghanistan.
Al-Zawahri was the leader of Al Qaeda. A long time number two to Osama bin Laden and the intellectual spine of the terrorist group, he assumed power after bin Laden was killed by U.S. in 2011.
Who was al-Zawahri, and what does his dea ... Show More
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Could the war on terror be over?
Vox senior correspondent Zack Beauchamp and Vox senior foreign writer Jonathan Guyer discuss the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the organizers behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. His death marks a turning point in the “war on terror” and US for ... Show More
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