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File photo dated May 1, 1998 of Oussama Bin Laden, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, his right hand man in Jamkha, Afghanistan. Zawahiri was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday. Mr Biden said Zawahiri had "carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens". "Now justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more," he added. Zawahiri took over al-Qaeda after the death of Osama Bin Laden in 2011. He and Bin Laden plotted the 9/11 attacks together and he was one of the US's "most wanted terrorists". Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

Al-Qaida after al-Zawahri

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

File photo - French President Emmanuel Macron (up) flies over Gao inside a military helicopter during a visit to France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region, northern Mali, 19 May 2017. French President's visit in Mali is his first trip outside Europe since his inauguration on 14 May 2017. - The French army announced the "neutralization" in Mali, by the Barkhane force of Bah ag Moussa, military leader of the Rally for the Victory of Islam and Muslims (RVIM), a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and the one of the historical cadres of the jihadist movement in the Sahel. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Terrorism & Extremism

Debating al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman, Asfandyar Mir, and Benjamin Wittes

The Lawfare Podcast

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser and purported successor Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by the respected Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Al Qaeda's elusive leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad, U.S. President Barack Obama said on May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Order from Chaos

The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

A tractor cleans debris outside a damaged building in Mezzah, Damascus, Syria November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC2J9D9H43XW

Order from Chaos

What can we learn from the escalating Israeli raids in Syria?

Eyal Tsir Cohen and Kevin Huggard

Friday, December 6, 2019

People walk past by a Syrian jewelry shop in Istanbul's Kucukcekmece district, Turkey, July 5, 2019. Picture taken July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

Future Development

Challenges facing Turkey’s Syrian businesses

Friday, March 19, 2021

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Turkey Project

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A general view of Kabul, following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Sherpur area, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Afghanistan

Al-Qaida lost its leader, but are Americans any safer?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, August 5, 2022

Fighters of the Manbij military council, allied to Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), take an overwatch position in the southern rural area of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo - S1AEUACQAIAC

Op-Ed

In Syria, Trump faces a tough balancing act between Turks and Kurds

Monday, February 6, 2017

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, left, in his visit to Kiev for signing cooperation treaties between both countries and offering mediation support in the crisis between Ukraine and Russia during the buildup of the russian army in the ukrainian borders. (Photo by Celestino Arce/NurPhoto)

Order from Chaos

Can the Russia-Ukraine crisis offer an opportunity to re-anchor Turkey in NATO?

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

A worker walks near a pipe at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, near the town of Kingisepp, Leningrad region, Russia June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov - RC1AFBC68700

Order from Chaos

Heading for (another) Ukraine-Russia gas fight?

Friday, August 30, 2019

A Libyan flag flutters atop the Libyan Consulate in Athens, Greece, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

Order from Chaos

Washington can seize a pinprick of light in Libya

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, September 11, 2020

Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan May 2, 2021. Picture taken May 2, 2021. Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

Don’t expect an al-Qaida reboot in Afghanistan

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Mozambique’s al-Shabab insurgency, and local and international responses

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shake hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Najaf, Iraq January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Order from Chaos

Muqtada al-Sadr’s alliance: An opportunity for Iraq, the US, and the region

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks after preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election were announced in Najaf, Iraq October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Order from Chaos

Muqtada al-Sadr’s problematic victory and the future of Iraq

Thursday, October 28, 2021