Caleb Weiss is a journalist for Public Multimedia Inc., specializing in reporting on terrorism and extremist groups. With a focus on the Middle East and Africa, Caleb covers topics such as jihadist activities, suicide bombings, and the responses of various extremist organizations to geopolitical events. His work provides in-depth analysis and insights into the ongoing threats posed by these groups.
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By: Caleb Weiss
Over the weekend, fierce fighting between Tuareg rebels and the Malian military, backed by mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group, was reported in the extreme north of Mali. The Russian mercenaries suffered dozens of casualties—the group's largest loss to date inside Africa.
On Saturday, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), Al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, killed at least 200 people in a massive assault in central Burkina Faso. The strike took place in the vicinity of Barsalogho, a locale not far from the city of Kaya, a large bastion outside of Burkina’s capital of Ouagadougou.
A photo released by JNIM shows one of the group’s fighters in front of a burning plane used by Mali’s interim president.
An image from one of JNIM’s da’wah events in Burkina Faso near the Nigerian border that the group posted on social media.
The cover of the latest edition of AQAP’s Sada al-Malahem magazine.
Yesterday, the Somali National Army (SNA) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in Mogadishu was routed from the southern Somali town of Ras Kamboni. This battle was not with the SNA’s typical enemy—Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa—but with the regional forces of Jubaland, a federal member state of Somalia.
The Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. (Kathleen T. Rhem/US Department of Defense)
Earlier today, Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, publicly announced the death of Mohamed Mire, one of the group’s senior-most officials. The jihadist group stated that Mire was killed in a US airstrike. The US has yet to comment on any such airstrike as of the time of publishing.
Islamic State Somalia fighters are shown training in a photo previously released by the Islamic State’s central media apparatus.
Munir al Tanzani, a Tanzanian suicide bomber who the Islamic State says detonated himself at the Puntland military base yesterday, as seen in the group’s official propaganda release.
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