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31 Mar 2021, 9:40 am
Vanda Felbab-Brown, co-director of Brookings’s Africa Security Initiative, believes that the presence of Ethiopian troops stiffens the resolve of Somali forces, noting that al-Shabab attacks increase whenever Ethiopian personnel withdraw from an area. [read post]
21 Mar 2021, 7:01 am
In 2015, Iran released six al-Qaeda leaders, including Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, Saif al-Adel, and Abu al-Qassam, in exchange for the kidnapped Iranian diplomat. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 10:28 am
Attorney’s Office in San Diego, which was formed to serve an unmet need in protecting American interests from fraud and corruption as the Department of Defense provides military and humanitarian aid throughout Africa to combat the rise of violent extremism from the likes of Boko Haram, Al Shabab and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 11:58 am
The Proud Boys were among 13 new groups placed on Canada’s Criminal Code list of terrorist entities, including al-Qaeda, ISIS and al-Shabab affiliates. [read post]
24 Jan 2021, 7:01 am
This ambiguity leaves open the question of how close the linkage is between the militants in Mozambique, who continue to refer to themselves as al-Shabab, and the Islamic State. [read post]
8 Sep 2020, 10:03 am
.: Brookings will host an online conversation marking twenty years after 9/11 on the evolution of jihadist groups such as Al-Qaida and al-Shabab. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 5:00 am
District Court for the Southern District of New York of one count of conspiring to provide material support to al-Shabab and one count of conspiring to receive military-type training from al-Shabab. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 11:11 am
And, at least during the time I was General Counsel of the Department of Defense, the Obama Administration construed the 2001 AUMF to provide the domestic legal authority for military force against core al-Qaeda, the Taliban, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and the al-Qaeda elements of al-Shabab in Africa. [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 1:32 pm
An airstrip used by both the United States and Kenyan militaries was attacked by Al-Shabab militants in the early Sunday morning, reports the Washington Post. [read post]
29 Dec 2019, 8:18 am
” Finally, we designated al-Nusra Front, al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qa’ida, al-Shabab, Boko Haram, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Khorasan, and the Taliban as Entities of Particular Concern.The U.S. [read post]
4 Aug 2019, 7:00 am
Recent reports from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Council on Foreign Relations detail women’s active roles as recruiters and fundraisers for IS, Boko Haram, al-Shabab and Jemaah Islamiyah. [read post]
11 Mar 2019, 1:42 pm
U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia, have significantly increased in the past four months, the Times details. [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 12:00 pm
The sanctions were imposed almost a decade ago over concerns that Eritrea was arming al-Shabab. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 1:44 pm
Royce stated that the trade also increases the “firepower” of organizations such as al-Shabab. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 4:08 pm
The killings are being carried out by a group known as "Al-Shabab" (no relation to the Somalian armed group of the same name). [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 1:32 pm
The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Somalia targeting al-Shabab militants last Saturday, reports CNN. [read post]
30 May 2018, 5:58 am
A Maryland man who authorities say traveled to Somalia and became a fighter for an al-Qaida-linked extremist group has been sentenced in New York to 35 years in prison. [read post]
19 Apr 2018, 6:04 am
As most Lawfare readers know, the executive branch has interpreted the 2001 AUMF as authorizing “all necessary and appropriate force” against not only al-Qaeda and the Taliban but also “associated forces” that have joined them as co-belligerents (like al-Shabab in Somalia) and splinter groups that have broken off from al-Qaeda or the Taliban but continue their mission (like the Islamic State). [read post]
17 Apr 2018, 5:00 am
There is a subsection that expressly names five groups as qualifying associated forces: 1. al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 2. al-Shabab 3. al-Qaeda in Syria (including but apparently not limited to the Nusra Front) 4. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 2:00 pm
But today, the United States claims the authority to use armed force under that statute not just in Afghanistan, but also in Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and Syria — against not just al-Qaida and the Taliban, but also al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Shabab in Somalia, and now the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. [read post]
