<p>A CIA drone strike in Afghanistan was successful in killing Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who has led the Islamic terrorist group ever since U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, according to reports.</p>
<p>Fox News anchor Bret Baier confirmed the news live on air Monday afternoon. He added that intelligence sources said that this was a big win for the U.S.</p>
<p>The Washington Post and Associated Press later confirmed the news of Al-Zawahiri&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>A senior administration official told reporters that “over the weekend, the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation against a significant Al Qaeda target in Afghanistan.”</p>
<p>“The operation was successful and there were no civilian casualties,” the official added.</p>
<p>Al-Zawahiri, who was one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, oversaw the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.</p>
<p>Some experts believed that Al-Zawahiri was killed during an operation in November 2020 but a recent United Nations report from a few weeks ago said that he was “confirmed to be alive” and was “communicating freely.”</p>
<p>“Member States note that al-Zawahiri’s apparent increased comfort and ability to communicate has coincided with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and the consolidation of power of key [Al Qaeda] allies within their de facto administration,” the report said.</p>
<p>The Taliban took over Afghanistan following Democrat President Joe Biden&#8217;s disastrous withdraw from the country last year.</p>
<p>The next in line the of succession is Saif al Adel, a longtime Al Qaeda leader and veteran, followed by &#8220;Abdal-Rahman al-Maghrebi, Yazid Mebrak, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Ahmed Diriye, the leader of Shabaab, which is Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa,&#8221; the Long War Journal <a href="https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2022/07/ayman-al-zawahiri-is-alive-taliban-and-al-qaeda-remain-close-un-reports.php">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian physician who later started the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), which sought to overthrow the government and later merged with Al Qaeda in 1998.</p>
<p>An FBI most wanted <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/ayman-al-zawahiri/download.pdf">bulletin</a> of Al-Zawahiri noted that he had been indicted for his alleged role in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.</p>
<p><em><strong>This report has been updated to include additional information. </strong></em></p>

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