According to the official, who was not mentioned, the operation was carried out by a drone, saying that it did not result in civilian casualties.
He added that the al-Qaeda leader was killed in operations planned by the US Central Intelligence Agency “CIE”.
The official described the operation as a success, while the US President, Joe Biden, is expected to give a speech on the killing of Al-Zawahiri at a later time.
Al-Zawahiri was the most wanted person by the United States, due to his role in Al-Qaeda, which was responsible for the September 11 attacks in New York in 2001.
Al-Zawahiri took over the leadership of Al-Qaeda after the killing of its founder, Osama bin Laden, in an operation that took place in Pakistan, in May 2011.
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