| More on yesterday’s announcement. |
[France24] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has chosen a new leader to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed in June by French forces, the SITE monitoring group reported Saturday.Algerian Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi,
| ...also known as Sheikh Mujahid Yazid Mubarak and Abu Obaida al-Annabi ... |
Al-Annabi has been on the American "international terrorist" blacklist since September 2015, according to the Counter Extremism Project.
He has regularly appeared in the group's propaganda videos, and in 2013 famously demanded that Muslims retaliate against France's intervention in Mali.
AQIM also confirmed the death of Swiss national Beatrice Stoeckli, who was abducted in Timbuktu while working as a missionary in 2016.