Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb confirmed that Nabil Abu Alqama, the deputy emir of its branch in the Sahara, was killed in a “tragic accident.” Abu Alqama was reported to have been in a car crash in Mali last week.

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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