ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Egyptian-born doctor and surgeon Ayman al-Zawahri is al Qaedas second-in-command expected to succeed Osama bin Laden following his killing in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan. Zawahri has been the brains behind bin Laden and his al Qaeda network, and at times its most ...

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, in an audio recording, praised the former leader of Pakistan's Taliban who was apparently killed in a US attack in August, a US group that monitors Islamist websites said on Monday. Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking in Arabic, euologized Baitullah Mehsud in a 28:06-minute ...

Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri appeared on Tuesday in a new video apparently marking the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, according to a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring service. Zawahri was among leading figures from the group who spoke in the ...

Al Qaeda's second-in-command urged Egyptians not to be seduced by the 'polished words' of what he called the criminal Barack Obama when the U.S. President makes a speech in Cairo seeking to repair ties with the Muslim world. "O, Egypt's free, righteous and honourable people and mujahideen; stand ...