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In news that may constitute another blow to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, if confirmed, accounts affiliated with extremist elements of al-Qaeda, including “Hurras al-Din” (one of the arms of Al Qaeda in Syria) announced the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the organization. The accounts said in social media posts that the al-Qaeda leader had passed away.
He also revealed that the Guardians of Religion faction had been cut off communications with Al-Zawahiri weeks ago, likely to die, adding that Al-Zawahiri’s last instructions were to avoid a direct military confrontation with the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al -Sham in Syria.
In addition, he indicated that the leader who succeeded bin Laden since 2011, died as a result of liver cancer.
In turn, Rita Katz, director of the SITE website that tracks the activities of terrorist organizations and extremist movements, posted a tweet on her Twitter account early Saturday morning, in which she noted the dissemination of reports that the leader of al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri had been assassinated a month ago as a result of illness, adding that the organization had not yet confirmed the matter.
Al-Zawahiri and Bin Laden (Archives)
However, at the same time, he mentioned several times that prominent leaders of the organization were assassinated, and the latter did not confirm the news until months later.
He explained that al-Qaeda used not to publish any news about the death of its leaders when it happened, for example, the organization never confirmed the death of Hamza bin Laden despite the confirmation of the then United States Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, of who was assassinated during his remarks in August 2019, as well as when the leader known as Azzam also passed the year 2015, it took him five months to admit his death.
Saif Al-Adl
Notably, one of the names proposed to succeed al-Zawahiri if his death is confirmed, Muhammad Salah al-Din Zidan, known as Saif al-Adl, who is the most prominent candidate
Al-Zawahiri, whose full name was Ayman Muhammad Rabih al-Zawahiri, was born on June 19, 1951 and assumed the leadership of al-Qaeda in 2011, succeeding Osama bin Laden after the second most prominent leader.
He also took over the leadership of the Organization of Islamic Jihad in Egypt, and Washington allocated a $ 25 million reward to anyone who provides information leading to his arrest.
