The United States Department of State warned its citizens on Tuesday about the possibility of being American. was later targeted by al-Qaeda sympathizers in retaliation. death weekend of the group’s leader Ayman al Zawahiriin a counter-terrorism operation.
The department, headed by Antony Blinken, said in a statement that US facilities, personnel and citizens may be at increased risk following Al Zawahiri’s death and recommended that a state of high alert be maintained when traveling abroad. Given this situation, the U.S. government has chosen to update the World Alert, a guide that includes information on terrorist activity and violence abroad, as well as advice on how to act in the unlikely event of a contingency.
Among the possible risks facing US citizens, the State Department says suicide operations, assassinations, kidnappings and bomb attacks.
Al Zawahiri was killed at a residence in Kabul on Sunday morning, specifically at 06:18 (1:48 GMT) local time, on the balcony of the house where he was staying, and a drone fired two Hellfire missiles at him. According to the White House, only the leader of al-Qaeda died in the operation, and even the family members who stayed with him, something that the country’s own president, Joe Biden, had, there was no collateral damage. He insisted several times and said that he had set one of the conditions to continue the attack.
Source: Informacion
