The White House said it conducted a 'successful' counterterrorism operation against a significant al-Qaeda target, adding that 'there were no civilian casualties.'
·Osama bin Laden, left, is seen with Ayman al-Zawahri in November 2001. U.S. President Joe Biden Monday that al-Zawahri, the leader of al-Qaeda since bin Laden's death, had been killed in a U.S. drone strike this weekend.
Current and former officials began hearing Sunday afternoon that al-Zawahri had been killed in a drone strike, but the administration delayed releasing the information until his death could be confirmed, according to one person. Together, the two turned the jihadi movement's guns to target the United States, carrying out the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — the deadliest ever on American soil.
Al-Zawahri speaks in this image taken from video released in April 2006. He took over as leader of al-Qaeda after bin Laden's death in a 2011 U.S. raid.Photos from the time of the 9/11 attacks often showed the glasses-wearing Egyptian doctor sitting by bin Laden's side. Al-Zawahri merged his group of Egyptian militants with bin Laden's al-Qaeda in the 1990s.
Speaking on Aug. 31, 2021, after the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, Biden said the U.S. would not let up on its fight against terrorism in that country or elsewhere.
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