Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss

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Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world’s most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly and patiently to become global jihad’s undisputed supremo. The reclusive jihadist chief made his only known public appearance as “caliph” at Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, where on Sunday Iraq … Read more

Three Jihadist Groups In Africa’s Sahel Announce Merger

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Three jihadist groups operating in the Sahel region have merged to form one single organisation, Mauritania’s private news agency ANI said Thursday, citing a video distributed by the Islamists. Among the groups joining the merger south of the Sahara are Mali’s Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine and Al-Murabitoun, led by Algerian extremist Mokhtar Belmokhtar. The new movement … Read more