Full CoverageHow the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda (Published 2022)
By Eric P. Schmitt & Julian E. Barnes
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What the al-Qaeda Drone Strike Reveals About U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Al-Qaida after al-Zawahri
By Daniel Byman
Bladed ‘Ninja’ missile used to kill al-Qaida leader is part of a scary new generation of unregulated weapons
How 3 presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders and what it says about them
By Jaclyn M. Diaz
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Blinken says Taliban 'grossly' violated Doha agreement by sheltering al Qaeda's Zawahiri
By Kim Coghill & Akriti Sharma
‘Let us deal with it’: inside the elite Kabul district where Zawahiri was hit
By Emma Graham-Harrison
What Ayman al-Zawahri’s death says about terrorism in Taliban-run Afghanistan
By Vanda Felbab-Brown
Al-Zawahiri was on his Kabul balcony. How Hellfire missiles took him out
By Kathryn Watson & Eleanor S Watson
The only way to “win” the war on terrorism is to end it
By Jonathan Guyer
The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri
By Lawrence Wright
Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader - but not his family
By Bernd Debusmann & Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Trump had the chance to kill Al Qaeda's leader but didn't because he didn't recognize the name, report says
By Sophia Ankel
Biden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought ‘justice’
By Nomaan Merchant & Aamer Madhani
Killing of Zawahiri: Strike points to Pakistan allowing use of its airspace as part of US-Taliban deal
By Avinash Mohananey
U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in drone strike
By Nahal Toosi, Lara Seligman & Paul McLeary
Why No One Cared That Al Qaeda Honcho Zawahiri Got Droned
By Murtaza Hussain
U.S. strike killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, top Al Qaeda leader
By Carol E. Lee, Courtney Kube & Lauren Egan
Strike on al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri is a major win for US counterterrorism
By Charles R. Lister
US takes out al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan
By Samuel Chamberlain, Steven Nelson & Bruce Golding
Taliban condemns drone strike as violation of U.S. troop withdrawal agreement
By Mohammad Yunus & Leslie Adler
Taliban says was not aware al Qaeda leader in Kabul, warns U.S.
By Mohammad Yunus & Gibran Peshimam
Little-known modified Hellfire missiles likely killed al Qaeda's Zawahiri
By Mike Stone & Idrees Ali
EXPLAINER: A look at the missile that killed al-Qaida leader
By Lolita Baldor & Nomaan Merchant
Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after U.S. says Zawahiri killed
By Mohammad Yunus & Jibran Ahmad
U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Zawahiri in Kabul drone missile strike
By Mohammad Yunus, Idrees Ali & Jeff Mason
U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader (Published 2022)
By Eric P. Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes & Helene Cooper
U.S. kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Kabul
By Pamela Constable, Souad Mekhennet & Dan Lamothe
Opinion: What Ayman al-Zawahiri's death means for al-Qaida's future
By Colin P. Clarke
Biden announces US killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
By Melissa Macaya, Maureen Chowdhury & Elise Hammond
Who was Ayman al-Zawahri? Where does his death leave al-Qaida and what does it say about US counterterrorism?
By Haroro Ingram, Andrew Mines & Daniel Milton
What Ayman al-Zawahiri’s killing means for al-Qaeda terrorist group
By Rachel Pannett
US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan
By Donald Judd, Nick Paton Walsh & Kevin Liptak
EXPLAINER: Who was al-Zawahri — and why did US kill him?
By Ellen Knickmeyer