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| AQIM officially confirms by video the death of its leader Abdelmalek Droukdel by airstrike in Mali | |
| 2020-06-19 | |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 A French action caused the death of Abdelmalek Droukdel. As head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Algerian was in charge of all affiliates in north Africa and also commanded al-Qaeda's Sahel affiliate, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). In addition the French announced that the Islamic State group commander Mohamed Mrabat, a veteran jihadist holding a senior role in the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), was caught on 19 May. |
| Posted by: b 2020-06-19 09:08 |