Osama Successor

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, was a key ideologue behind the global terror network for several decades.

The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, under its sanctions list, subjecting him to a travel ban, assets freeze and an arms embargo as it described him as being seen as the "most probable successor" of the group's current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri.

In hiding, targeted by drone strikes and unable to land a blow in the West, al Qaeda's ageing leaders are losing a power struggle with ultra-radical young militants in Iraq and Syria who see themselves as the true successors to Osama bin Laden.

Slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye after an accident during his youth and was a one-time member of the Muslim Brotherhood, his successor has claimed in a new video tribute to the terror mastermind.

Osama bin Laden spent all his personal wealth on jihad, considering meat and electricity as luxuries so he could save his money to help fund terror attacks. Osama's deputy and successor Ayman al-Zawahiri posted his recollections of the former Al Qaeda chief which was posted online late on Saturday.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is still in Pakistan, a Pentagon official said Wednesday, following the release of a video in which Osama bin Laden's successor blasted the United States.

American counterterrorism officials all but welcomed the announcement on Thursday that Ayman al-Zawahiri would succeed Osama bin Laden as leader of Al Qaeda, arguing that his deep flaws are likely to weaken the core of the terrorist network.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Bin Laden "had a peculiar charisma that I think Zawahiri does not have...

The FBI lists him as a man of unknown height, weight or built, with 13 known aliases and a bounty of 25 million dollars on his head. This Sunday, June 19, Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri will celebrate his 60th birthday. His coronation as Osama bin Laden's successor and the new head of the deadly Al Qaeda brings focus on a man who is also known ...

Former Pakistani commando Ilyas Kashmiri, cited as one of the masterminds of a plot for a series of "Mumbai-style" attacks in European cities last summer, could replace Osama bin Laden as the new terrorist head of Al Qaeda, according to US officials.The bearded Kashmiri, who is also named in the terrorism case against Pakistani Canadian accused Tah...

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, was a key ideologue behind the global terror network for several decades.

The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, under its sanctions list, subjecting him to a travel ban, assets freeze and an arms embargo as it described him as being seen as the "most probable successor" of the group's current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri.

In hiding, targeted by drone strikes and unable to land a blow in the West, al Qaeda's ageing leaders are losing a power struggle with ultra-radical young militants in Iraq and Syria who see themselves as the true successors to Osama bin Laden.

Slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye after an accident during his youth and was a one-time member of the Muslim Brotherhood, his successor has claimed in a new video tribute to the terror mastermind.

Osama bin Laden spent all his personal wealth on jihad, considering meat and electricity as luxuries so he could save his money to help fund terror attacks. Osama's deputy and successor Ayman al-Zawahiri posted his recollections of the former Al Qaeda chief which was posted online late on Saturday.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is still in Pakistan, a Pentagon official said Wednesday, following the release of a video in which Osama bin Laden's successor blasted the United States.

American counterterrorism officials all but welcomed the announcement on Thursday that Ayman al-Zawahiri would succeed Osama bin Laden as leader of Al Qaeda, arguing that his deep flaws are likely to weaken the core of the terrorist network.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Bin Laden "had a peculiar charisma that I think Zawahiri does not have...

The FBI lists him as a man of unknown height, weight or built, with 13 known aliases and a bounty of 25 million dollars on his head. This Sunday, June 19, Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri will celebrate his 60th birthday. His coronation as Osama bin Laden's successor and the new head of the deadly Al Qaeda brings focus on a man who is also known ...

Former Pakistani commando Ilyas Kashmiri, cited as one of the masterminds of a plot for a series of "Mumbai-style" attacks in European cities last summer, could replace Osama bin Laden as the new terrorist head of Al Qaeda, according to US officials.The bearded Kashmiri, who is also named in the terrorism case against Pakistani Canadian accused Tah...