Saudi Arabia welcomed the announcement by President Biden on the killing al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement, APA reports.
“Al-Zawahiri is one of the terrorist leaders who led operations in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia,” the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Tuesday morning local time in Saudi Arabia.
The statement added, “Al-Zawahiri planned terrorist operations that killed thousands of innocent people, including Saudis.”