The recording is undated, and the text does not clearly indicate a specific time frame for when it was recorded.
Al-Zawahiri was killed in a US raid in Afghanistan, in the biggest blow to the militant group since the killing of its founder, Osama bin Laden, in 2011.
Al-Zawahiri had been in hiding for years, and a senior US administration official said the process of locating and killing him was the result of “careful, diligent and persistent” work by counter-terrorism and intelligence agencies.
Al Qaeda has not named a successor. However, experts consider Saif al-Adel, a former officer in the Egyptian special forces and a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda, to be the most prominent candidate to succeed him.
The United States has offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.
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