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Al Qaeda releases video reportedly narrated by ‘deceased’ al-Zawahiri
Al Qaeda has released a 35-minute recording the group claims was narrated by its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US raid in August 2022, SITE intelligence group said on Friday.
The recording was undated and the transcript did not clearly point towards a time frame for when it could have been made.
Zawahiri who had been in hiding for years, was reportedly killed in a US strike in Afghanistan last year. At the time, US officials said the operation had been the result of “careful, patient and persistent” work by the counterterrorism and intelligence community.
Al Qaeda has not named a successor. But Saif al-Adel, a mysterious, low-key former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda, is seen by experts as the top contender, Reuters reported.