CIA Unveils Model of Al-Qaida Leader Al-Zawahiri's Hideout

CIA Unveils Model of al-Qaeda Leader al-Zawahri's Hideout

McLEAN, Virginia—The CIA has revealed a model of Ayman al-Zawahri’s safe house, used to brief President Joe Biden about the al-Qaeda leader’s whereabouts before the agency killed him in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Shortly after al-Zawahri’s death, White House officials released a photo showing Biden talking to CIA Director William Burns with a closed wooden box on the table in front of them. Now, the contents of the box—a model depicting a wh…

CIA reveals model of al Zawahiri's compound used to plan drone strike

The CIA has unveiled a model of deceased al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri's safe house that was used to plan the drone strike that killed him on July 31.

CIA unveils model of al-Zawahiri's hideout that agency used before al Qaeda leader was killed in drone strike

The al-Zawahiri model home is the rare artifact that had been used by intelligence officers just weeks beforehand.

CIA unveils model of al-Qaida hideout

McLEAN, Virginia -- The CIA has revealed a model of Ayman al-Zawahri's safe house, used to brief President Joe Biden about the al-Qaida leader's whereabouts before the agency killed him in a drone strike in Afghanistan.

CIA unveils model of al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri's hideout

Al-Zawahri was killed in late July, nearly a year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ending a two-decade war in which the CIA had a central role.

CIA reveals secrets of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s lair

A table-top model of the safe house where the al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by an American drone strike has been declassified for display in the