What We Learn From the Death of Al-Qaeda's Emir Ayman al-Zawahiri

Rumours of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s demise in late 2020 proved wrong on that occasion, but there is no doubt this time. Al-Qaeda’s emir stepped out onto the balcony of his safe house in Kabul on Sunday morning, a stone’s throw from the old U.S. Embassy, and was promptly obliterated, leaving his family alive inside the house.

Zawahiri’s death does not in itself affect events much, but it does highlight certain aspects of the current security situation for the West.

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