Al-Shabaab Leader Taking Al-Qaeda Leadership Role or Dying?

The Al-Qaeda Branch in East Africa Harakat Shabaab Mujahideen Movement (HSM)’s emir (supreme leader), Sheikh Abu Ubaidah Ahmad Umar, published a series of audio messages in late April and early May 2018 encouraging the Al-Qaeda branch in the Arabian Penisula AQAP. These publications have key meanings and, these meanings, are critical in analyzing Al-Shabaab’s plans...