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The Arab and international media have been interested in the news of the death of “Ayman al-Zawahiri”, the leader of Al-Qaeda, who appears on the lists of terrorist groups and organizations. He has also been interested in investigating the cause of his death. The Egyptian researcher on terrorist groups, Amr Farouk, said in his interview with “Russia Today” that Ayman Al-Zawahiri has been suffering from chronic diseases for the past years, as his death is most likely natural.
Was “Ayman Al-Zawahiri” assassinated?
Regarding questions from the media about the possibility of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death by murder, “Amr Farouk” also spoke about this, saying: “In the event that Al-Zawahiri was killed and attacked by US agents in the area between Afghanistan and Iran, the United States Department of State, or its representative, announced this news for all foreign and Arab media, as it represents the head of an extremist terrorist organization that provoked the Middle East region since the 1990s, and whose actions were based against American and Western interests in line with the strategy of (Far Enemy), whose borders were established by Osama bin Laden and followed his Al-Zawahiri approach. “
Farouk went on to say: “The Al-Qaeda organization currently lives in a state of organizational vacuum, especially after the death of Al-Zawahiri, and before that, Abu Muhammad al-Masri (Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah), the second man of the organization, which was recently attacked, accompanied by his daughter Maryam, Hamza bin Laden’s wife. In Iran, last October, at the hands of Israeli agents, in addition to Hussam Abdel Raouf, known as Abu Mohsen Al-Masry, the organization’s media official in the same month.
Who will succeed “Al-Zawahiri” in the leadership of Al-Qaeda?
“Amr Farouk” also spoke about the man who is expected to take over the leadership of al-Qaeda after the death of “Al-Zawahiri”, where he mentioned that this person is likely to be “Muhammad Salah Zaidan”, nicknamed (Saif al -Adl), who is the military officer of the organization. Saif al-Adl entered into the organizational mechanism that the Shura Council of the organization established in 2016 AD, and which also represents the reference and influential military expert in the sectors and branches of the organization that have become fragile and disintegrated, but There may also be a problem in proposing another figure far from Saif al-Adel, to assume the functions of Organization. “
Saif al-Adl’s hideout and al-Qaeda’s expected future operations
Egyptian expert “Amr Farouk” mentioned that “Saif al-Adl” may be hiding in the area between the Afghan and Iranian borders, and according to the claims of some other intelligence reports, it is also possible that he is moving deep in Africa to fix the al-Qaeda scene, given its complex relationship with various Somali tribes in particular. .
Regarding the expected operations of al-Qaeda, “Farouk” said: “The biggest problem Khalifa al-Zawahiri faces is the exposure of the al-Qaeda entity to a strategy to dry up the sources of polarization and recruitment of new elements. that ensure the exit from the circle of annihilation and organizational stagnation, as well as trying to demonstrate it to the followers and tributaries of the organization, whenever it is so. An alternative to Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, and then the organization can be active in conducting systematic next-stage operations targeting American and Western interests in the Middle East or deep Europe.
