“Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri died from asthma in 2020.”
Social media posts
United States. Claim dated 2 Aug 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisUnsupported
What FactCheck.org found
The claim is based on an unconfirmed story in a British tabloid, which reported a year later that al-Zawahiri was still alive. The U.S. says al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike on July 31.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 August 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/9D5G-MD85
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