Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen Issues a Statement, Praises Jihadists Fighting in West Africa

In Summary January 18, 2020, Al-Qaeda’s senior management, or general command, released a two-page statement praising the jihadists fighting in Mali and Somalia. Much of the Al-Qaeda statement focused on the fights in Mali but at the end it praised it affiliated jihadists in Somalia. Al-Qaeda’s leadership advises the jihadists to take an active role...