Al-Qaida has released an audio recording by Osama bin Laden made just days before his death.

A U.S.-based monitoring service, SITE, said Wednesday that in the audio, the al-Qaida former leader praises revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North Africa and expresses joy at the victory of uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

In the tape, bin Laden addresses the revolutions and offers advice and guidance.

U.S. special forces killed bin Laden on May 2 in a raid on his compound in northern Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad.