Ayman al-Zawahiri: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - What Zawahiri’s Killing Means for al-Qaeda. May 15, 2026
Add new Web site: Center for Strategic and International Studies - Zawahiri’s Death and What’s Next for al Qaeda. Oct 28, 2025
Add new Web site: GOVInfo - Ayman Al-Zawahiri: The Ideologue of Modern Islamic Militancy (PDF). Sep 05, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jul 27, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jun 15, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC News - Who was Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan? Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN Politics - Who was al Qaeda leader and key 9/11 architect Ayman al-Zawahiri? Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - Opinion: What Ayman al-Zawahiri's death means for al-Qaida's future. Oct 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Penn Today - Five things to know about the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri. Sep 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law - The Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri: On Its Legality and Why the U.N. Should Clarify the "Unable or Unwilling" Doctrine. Jul 23, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 03, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - Ayman al-Zawahiri: Who was al-Qaeda leader killed by US? Mar 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Who was al-Qaeda�s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri? Dec 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Brookings - The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida. Sep 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Counter Extremism Project - Ayman al-Zawahiri. Mar 30, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Ayman al-Zawahiri. Oct 30, 2022
Updated the discussion of his leadership of al-Qaeda and added discussion of his death. Aug 02, 2022
Corrected the date of his death to July 31, 2022. Aug 01, 2022
Noted his death on August 1, 2022. Aug 01, 2022
Revised article according to current Britannica style. Feb 26, 2020
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ayman al-Zawahiri. Jun 07, 2018
Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - What Zawahiri’s Killing Means for al-Qaeda. Apr 13, 2018
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Ayman al-Zawahiri. Oct 16, 2014
Added photograph. Jun 21, 2011
Updated to mention that Zawahiri was appointed leader of al-Qaeda in June 2011. Jun 16, 2011
New article added. Aug 12, 2010
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