CAIRO, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Al Qaeda has launched a 35-minute recording the group claims was narrated by its chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a U.S. raid in August 2022, SITE intelligence group mentioned on Friday.
The recording was undated and the transcript didn’t clearly level in the direction of a time-frame for when it may have been made.
Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan, the most important blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
Zawahiri had been in hiding for years, and the operation to find and kill him was the results of “cautious, affected person and protracted” work by the counterterrorism and intelligence group, a senior U.S. administration official mentioned.
Al Qaeda has not named a successor. However Saif al-Adel, a mysterious, low-key former Egyptian particular forces officer who’s a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda, is seen by consultants as the highest contender.
The US is providing a reward of as much as $10 million for data resulting in his arrest.
Reporting by Enas Alashray; Modifying by Nadine Awadalla, Chris Reese, Michael Georgy and Jonathan Oatis
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