Iran believed to house suspected new al-Qaeda leader: UN report

The UN has asserted that al-Qaeda has a new unofficial leader following the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri during U.S. air strikes in Kabul in July 2022.

The group has not officially named a successor following the 2022 killing of then-leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.  Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.

The death caused a significant blow to al-Qaeda which had not lost a leader since Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces in May 2011.