In Zawahiri’s latest audio Message, he encouraged his followers to kidnap westerners so that his terrorist organization could leverage governments to commit to a prisoner swap.
In addition to encouraging his followers to kidnap westerners, Zawahiri also eulogized several of his terrorist leaders that were killed around the world, including Hassan Al-Turkui, Majdeddeen Al-Masri, and Abu Uthman Al-Ghaymarawi.
Zawahiri is expected to issue another speech in the coming days, as Syria’s Al-Qaeda franchise, Jabhat Al-Nusra (Nusra Front ), is expected to break away from the organization.
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