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The United States releases Majid Khan from the Guantanamo Bay prison and transfers him to Belize. Khan had been captured in 2003 in Pakistan and was being held on accusations of helping al-Qaeda.
2023-02-2

A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year.
2022-08-1

U.S. President Joe Biden announces that the United States will end their support for Saudi Arabia in their intervention in Yemen. However, he also said the United States will continue targeting al-Qaeda operations in the country.
2021-02-4

A United States drone strike kills 17 members of al-Qaeda in Idlib, including eleven leaders. Five civilians were also killed.
2020-10-24

Unnamed U.S. officials say they have received intelligence that Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden and a wanted al-Qaeda terrorist, has been killed. The time, location and cause of death has not been disclosed.
2019-07-31

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges allegiance to the new Taliban chief Akhter Mansour in an audio message posted online.
2015-08-13

The United States closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North Africa due to intelligence of an Al-Qaeda attack.
2013-08-4

A United Nations investigator calls on the United States to justify its increasing use of drones against al-Qaeda and Taliban targets.
2012-06-19

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani warns the United States that it will defend its air space from incursions following the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound and denies collaborating with al-Qaeda.
2011-05-9

The United States and United Kingdom close their embassies in Yemen, citing threats from Al-Qaeda.
2010-01-3