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  • Al-Qaeda names Algerian on UN terror list as new Maghreb chief

    PARIS – A veteran jihadist on UN and US terror lists was named al-Qaeda’s chief in North Africa, replacing Abdelmalek Droukdel following his killing by French forces in Mali last June. Abou Oubaida Youssef al-Annabi (real name Yazid Moubarak), an Algerian national born in 1969, is the new leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), according to the SITE terrorism monitoring group. He is a well-known veteran among jihadist insurgencies wreaking havoc in North Africa but experts say it is unclear what path he will chart to assert his authority.

    Read more from the source : The Arab weekly

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Maghreb, Al Qaeda, Abou Oubaida Youssef al-Annabi,

  • Tunisia turns a corner against the jihadist movement

    For the first time since its 2011 revolution, Tunisia is not on the defensive in its battle with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Data from 2019, paired with a more holistic approach to combating jihadists, bears out this claim. Specifically, Tunis is expanding its toolkit beyond a purely military or law enforcement approach. Because of these advances, which have developed …

    Read more from the source : The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

     

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Tunisia, jihadism, ISIS, Al Qaeda,