Members of the Somali Islamist Group Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen and dozens of mid-level commanders have defected to Islamic States Terror Group.
Former elements of the terror group released a video on the online environment calling on the Al-Shabaab group to swear allegiance to the ISIS terror group also known as the Daesh.
In the video, the Somali’s who formerly fought for the Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants asks the group to emulate Boko Haram.
On the social Media, Al-Shabaab affilaites have swore to remain rooted inside the Al-Qaeda terrorist group.
Al-Hijra terrorists (based in Kenya) swore they would never denounce Al-Qaeda.
The coastal Kenya and Tanzanian focused Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants affiliate Al-Muhajiroun also swore to remain committed to Al-Qaeda ideology.
Al-Shabaab is losing appeal to jihadists and more of its fighters are joining the Daesh in Syria and Iraqi.
