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The Algerian, commander of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), would have responsibility for the kidnapping of a number of Westerners in North Africa and the United States. ;Where is.
A member of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, led by the former Syrian affiliate of al-Qaeda, observes the bus convoy preparing to enter the cities of Al Foua and Al-Qaeda. Kefraya to evacuate their residents on July 18, 2018. Photo: AFP.
PARIS – French forces have badbadinated Yahya Abu El Hamame, one of the top leaders, during an operation in Mali, Defense Minister Florence Parly said Friday.
The Algerian, commander of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), would be responsible for the kidnapping of a number of Westerners in North Africa and the United States. ;Where is.
According to a ministry statement published in Paris, he was "the brain and the financier of several attacks".
El Hamame was killed on Thursday when French ground and air forces ambushed a column of vehicles with which he was traveling north of Timbuktu, Parly said.
He reportedly served as AQIM's "governor" in Timbuktu when the city was under the control of Islamist rebels from April 2012 to January 2013.
A number of other "terrorists" have been "neutralized," added Parly.
El Hamame is the second in command of the Support Group of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), also known as Nusrat al-Islam, led by Iyad Ag Ghali.
The group was formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front, Al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of Aqmi at El Hamame.
The operation was announced when Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian were to go to Mali, where nearly 4,500 French soldiers have been deployed since 2014 to reconquer the north of the country after the latter fell into the hands of jihadist fighters.
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