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August 4, 2022

With Its Longtime Leader Dead, al-Qaeda Needs Iran More Than Ever

And the U.S. needs Israel’s help in fighting it.

Although al-Qaeda and Iran sit on opposite sides of the Sunni-Shiite divide, and often denounce one another, they are not averse to cooperating. Osama bin Laden in fact noted in a 2007 memo that the Islamic Republic was his organization’s “main artery for funds, personnel, and communication.” With the death of bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Oved Lobel argues that the terrorist group’s entanglement with Iran may grow even deeper:

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August 4, 2022

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