Last Updated: August 02, 2022, 14:22 IST Washington Saif al-Adl, al-Qaeda’s top ranking official, was responsible for the 1998 US embassy bombings. (Image: FBI) Western democracies and the US fear that Saif al-Adl’s charismatic personality may attract more Muslims into joining al-Qaeda The death of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sunday will now force al-Qaeda members to think about who will be his successor. Zawahiri, to whom Osama bin Laden looked up to, took over the reins of the terrorist group after bin Laden’s death in 2011 and remained the chief for more than a decade. Following his demise, the...