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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 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

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

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

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

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

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

Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are seen in Zumar, Nineveh province, Iraq October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - RC1E698CF530

Iraq

Pitfalls of the paramilitary paradigm: The Iraqi state, geopolitics, and Al-Hashd al-Shaabi

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 2019

After the Al-Ula Summit: Prospects for a GCC Rapprochement

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM AST

U.S. soldiers from 1/8 Army cavalry Regimen joins a patrol with Iraq's army to search for explosives, weapons and Al-Qaeda militants at a open field in Mosul June 8, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (IRAQ) - GM1E4681J7Q01

Terrorism & Extremism

Does al-Qaida have a future?

Daniel L. Byman

The Washington Quarterly October 2019

Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Order from Chaos

What Ayman al-Zawahri’s death says about terrorism in Taliban-run Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (2nd L), U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (3rd R), along with members of the national security team, watch as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2019. Picture taken October 26, 2019. Shealah Craighead/The White House/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1CACE38AD0

Order from Chaos

Al-Baghdadi’s death … and that presidential speech

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Turkish and American soldiers stand near a former YPG military point during a joint U.S.-Turkey patrol, near Tel Abyad, Syria September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Order from Chaos

Al Tanf garrison: America’s strategic baggage in the Middle East

Daniel L. Magruder Jr.

Friday, November 20, 2020

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Departments Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019. State Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC19395BB9E0

Order from Chaos

The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, August 1, 2019