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EXPLAINER: A look at the missile that killed al-Qaida leader
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U.S. Says Drone Strike Killed al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
By Jessica Donati, Warren P. Strobel & Nancy Youssef
Ayman al-Zawahiri: from Cairo physician to al Qaeda leader
By Raju Gopalakrishnan & Howard Goller
Biden reveals drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri, warns terrorists we will ‘take you out’
By Amanda Macias
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed by US drone strike in Afghanistan, Biden says
By Tom Gillespie & Mark Stone
US takes out al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in 'successful' Afghanistan counterterrorism operation
By Peter Doocy, Brooke Singman & Bret Baier
What now for al-Qaeda?
By Frank Gardner
‘Let us deal with it’: inside the elite Kabul district where Zawahiri was hit
By Emma Graham-Harrison
Hellfire R9X: All You Need To Know About 'Secret Weapon' Used By US To Kill Zawahiri
By Amit Chaturvedi
How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda (Published 2022)
By Julian E. Barnes & Eric P. Schmitt
Strike on al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri is a major win for US counterterrorism
By Charles R. Lister
Why No One Cared That Al Qaeda Honcho Zawahiri Got Droned
By Murtaza Hussain
US takes out al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan
By Steven Nelson, Samuel Chamberlain & Bruce Golding
Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Taliban
By Steve Coll
Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death by drone was President Biden’s opportunity to end the war on terrorism
By Jonathan Guyer
Who was Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader and Osama bin Laden successor - The Washington Post
By Joby Warrick
EXPLAINER: Who was al-Zawahri — and why did US kill him?
By Ellen Knickmeyer
US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan
By Donald Judd, Nick Paton Walsh & Kylie Atwood
U.S. drone strike on al-Zawahiri in Kabul undermines Taliban
By Yuliya Talmazan
U.S. strike killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, top Al Qaeda leader
By Carol Lee, Lauren Egan & Kristen Welker
U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in drone strike
By Nahal Toosi, Lara Seligman & Alexander Ward
Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader - but not his family
By Bernd Debusmann & Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike
By Robert Plummer & Matt Murphy