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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An Algerian-born jihadist who heads one of the most powerful and feared cells of al-Qaida’s North African branch has decided to leave the al-Qaida franchise in order to create a ...

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has released a video of a Swiss missionary kidnapped almost three weeks ago in northern Mali, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Beatrice Stockly was kidnapped ...

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed two attacks that occurred yesterday which targeted the airports of Timbuktu and Gao in northern Mali. The jihadist group claimed a suicide attack in ...

On numerous occasions over the past ten years, rumours had circulated that he was dead. They were wrong. But this time, the journey of 50-year-old Abdelmalek Droukdel found its epilogue in ...

Ivorian authorities have named the prime suspect in the Al-Qaeda led attacks that killed 19 people at a popular beach resort earlier this month. Al-Qaeda's North African branch, Al-Qaeda in the ...

In 2015, AQIM’s Abdulmalek Droukdel praised the gains made by the Jaysh al Fateh coalition and Al Nusrah Front. Abdulmalek Droukdel, the longtime of emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was ...

What options do jihadists have after they lose territory? In the short term, they can regroup and rebuild. But what then? Since 2011, jihadists have found numerous opportunities to take territory — ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The decapitation strike, killing many in the leadership of AQIM, is a major ...

In a video message released in May, Michel Germaneau, a 78-year-old French citizen thought to be held hostage in Mali by the terrorist group al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), pleaded with French ...

BAMAKO, June 25 (Reuters) - Mauritanian soldiers attacked a camp belonging to Al Qaeda's African wing in neighbouring Mali late on Friday, a source close to Mali's Defence Ministry told Reuters on ...

France will send about 1,000 troops and armored vehicles to Mali over the next few days with the support of U.S military and intelligence operations, upping the ante in its effort to turn back Islamic ...