CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "El egipcio, cirujano de profesión, se puso al frente de la red en 2011, tras la muerte de Osama Bin Laden a manos de un comando estadunidense en Pakistán. Jugó un papel clave en el proceso de...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'I think Zawahri’s presence in a Taliban safehouse has to be the nail in the coffin of any plan to release funds directly to the Taliban,' said Nathan Sales, who served as ambassador-at-large...

CEP Advisory Board Member Nathan Sales quoted: "'Zawahiri’s presence in post-withdrawal Afghanistan suggests that, as feared, the Taliban is once more granting safe haven to the leaders of al-Qaeda — a group with which it has never broken,' said...

CEP Advisory Board Member Nathan Sales quoted: "'We know that Al Qaeda has had operational and leadership figures in Pakistan. We know they also had operational and leadership figures in Iran,' said former coordinator for counterterrorism Nathan A...

CEP Advisory Board Member Nathan Sales quoted: "'Zawahri’s presence in post-withdrawal Afghanistan suggests that, as feared, the Taliban is once more granting safe haven to the leaders of al-Qaida – a group with which it has never broken,' said...

CEP Analysis: What Comes After Zawahiri’s Death

Following the Biden Administration’s announcement Monday of a successful drone strike killing al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director and former Coordinator of the United Nations Security Council’s ISIL (Da...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler radio interview: "Eine Drohne der CIA hat Bin-Laden-Nachfolger Al-Sawahiri in Afghanistan getötet. Nach Ansicht des Terrorismus-Experten Hans-Jakob Schindler bedeutet das aber noch lange nicht das Ende von...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales: "'Nathan Sales, who previously served as ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism, called the strike 'a great counterterrorism success' in an interview with the Washington Examiner...

"At the time of the drone strike, Zawahiri was sitting on the balcony of the house where he was hiding with his family in the center of the Afghan capital of Kabul. The home was owned by Sirajuddin Haqqani, “who is not only the leader of the Haqqani...

Al-Qaeda Leader & Co-Founder Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

President Joe Biden tonight confirmed the death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri yesterday in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.