The Saudi Foreign Ministry said that Al-Zawahiri is one of the leaders of terrorism who led the planning and execution of heinous terrorist operations in the United States, Saudi Arabia and a number of other countries of the world, after which thousands of innocent people of different nationalities and religions, including Saudi citizens, were killed.
Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation and concerted international efforts to combat and eradicate the scourge of terrorism, calling on all countries to cooperate in this framework to protect innocent people from terrorist organizations, according to the agency, “SPA”.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden announced the killing of the al-Qaeda leader, in a raid in the Afghan capital, Kabul, last Saturday.
Biden said, in a speech to the American people in the capital, Washington, that justice was achieved with the killing of Al-Zawahiri, pointing out that there were no civilian casualties in the operation.
Biden praised what he described as the high accuracy of Zawahiri’s killing, saying that the al-Qaeda leader was hiding with members of his family.
Biden added that Al-Zawahiri caused the deaths of many Americans, and also sought to target American interests in several countries for decades.
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