Zawahiri, a surgeon who spent years in underground Islamic groups in Egypt before joining al-Qaeda, had been serving as the militant group’s second-in-command. Since the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid last month, he had been considered the most likely candidate to take the helm of the organization.
Al-Zawahiri named new al-Qaeda leader
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