by Michael N. Schmitt, William Casey Biggerstaff | Aug 5, 2022
The al-Zawahiri Strike and the Law of Armed Conflict Just after daybreak on July 31, the United States killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s former deputy and the current leader of al-Qaeda. Two Hellfire missiles struck him on the balcony of his home in Kabul....
