March 21, 2020
International hostages held captive in western Sahel
SOURCES: MENASTREAMCREDIT: JULES DUHAMEL ...
Exclusive: End of the run for Tunisian Ansar al-Sharia founder Abu Iyadh al-Tunisi
Seifallah Ben Hassine, commonly known as Abu Iyadh al-Tunisi—one of North Africa's most influential jihadi ideologues—is confirmed to have been killed on February 21, 2019, in northern Mali. A senior Tunisian Al-Qaida member, Afghanistan veteran, and founder of the Islamist organization Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST)...
August 17, 2018
in Tunisia
Tunisia: Joint operation between Tunisian and U.S. forces targeted AQIM militants in Kasserine – “Battle of Mount Semmama”
In an article by Task and Purpose, previously undisclosed information revealed that two U.S. members of the Marine Special Operations Command (MSOC), also referred to as Marine Raiders had received decorations (Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V") following a battle with militants of Al-Qaeda...
Libya: Tunisian AQIM commander killed in Ubari airstrike
In the evening of July 25, an unknown aircraft conducted an airstrike that struck a vehicle in front of a house in the Al-Sharib district of Ubari. An area mainly inhabited by Libyan and Malian Tuareg. The airstrike briefly interrupted electricity and telecommunications. The air...
Mali: “The old man of the mountain”
Timely, two days ahead of Mali's presidential elections, the emir of Jama'ah Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Iyad Ag Ghaly made his first appearance since the announcement of the merger in March last year, which gathered several militant factions into a Sahelian jihadi conglomerate. A beard...
Mali: Malian soldiers held in captivity by JNIM appeal for their release
In a previously unpublished "proof of life" video named "Appeal of the detainees", dated October 1, 2017 by Al-Zallaqa, the media wing of Jama'ah Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) - Malian soldiers held in captivity by the group, appeal to the Malian people, the Malian government...
April 16, 2017
in Burkina-Faso, Mali
Burkina Faso: Ansaroul Islam pledging allegiance to the Islamic State? Maybe or maybe not..
On Thursday April 13, 2017, a pro-AQIM account on telegram and a pro-ISIS account on twitter respectively reported that a Burkinabe jihadist group possibly would pledge allegiance (bay'ah) to the Islamic State, the group was not mentioned by name, although it is believed that the...
April 10, 2017
in Tunisia
MENASTREAM ID #3: Tunisian AQIM veteran Mokhtar Akkouri announced dead
A telegram channel close to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) recently released an eulogy in tribute to Mokhtar Akkouri, or by his nom de guerre Abu Omar al-Tunisi. Akkouri born 1985 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia was a jihadist veteran, during the years 2006-2007 involved...
January 3, 2017
in Burkina-Faso
Burkina Faso: The jihadist threat continuously rising in the far north – A new Ansar Dine branch in gestation, Ansaroul Islam?
From targeted killings to complex attack - The Irchad network Recent months have seen a significant increase in incidents of suspected jihadist activity in the Soum Province of Burkina Faso's far north. Spillover from the Mali conflict in the border areas is nothing new, but the...
Libya: Woman arrested in Mechili is not the wife of Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Last Saturday night reports emerged that the wife of AQIM's Al-Mourabitoune leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar had been arrested in Mechili, about 75km south of the Cyrenaican city of Derna, the announcement came from Beida's 'Anti-terrorism and subversion directorate'. According to reports did the counter-terrorist unit act...
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