Who are the two most important leaders of al-Qaeda?
On 31 July 2022, a US drone strike killed al-Qaeda (AQ) leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in the Afghan capital Kabul. Al-Zawahiri appears to have lived in a house belonging to an individual linked to the family of the powerful Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.
Since his death, al-Qaeda Central has never officially announced its new leader. It is widely believed among intelligence and analysts that his replacement is de facto Saif al-Adl, with his deputy Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi.
But who are the two most important leaders of central al-Qaeda?
Who will be the next leader of AQ?
