Algeria

Yahia Djouadi, also known as Yahia Abu Amar, has replaced Mokhtar Belmokhtar as the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s southern forces. Algerian security forces killed 17 members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb during a clash.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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