Did Al-Qaeda Die With Ayman Al-Zawahiri? – Analysis

By Raffaello Pantucci and Kabir Tanejo

In May 2011, it took al-Qaeda just a few days to formally comment on Osama bin Laden’s death, and only until June for them to confirm Ayman al-Zawahiri’s ascension to the organization’s top job. When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in 2019, the Islamic State was even more efficient,...