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Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
[2] However, al-Jolani’s announcement was undertaken without consulting Ayman al-Zawahiri, the emir of al-Qaeda, and created significant tension within the organization.[3] Today, HTS maintains that ...
The Media Line9d
US-Taliban Prisoner Exchange Finalized After 6 Months of Talks
The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...
Houston Public Media21d
Q&A: The CIA chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
In 2022, he oversaw the operation that killed the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri. After war broke out between Israel and Hamas in 2023, he became one of the highest-profile members of the ...
KUNC21d
Q&A: CIA Chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
In 2022, he oversaw the operation that killed the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri. After war broke out between Israel and Hamas in 2023, he became one of the highest-profile members of the Biden ...
The Times of Israel25d
Islamic State Churns Out Jihadists
Six months later, a US drone strike killed Al-Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zawahiri assumed command of Al-Qaeda after its founder, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated ...