Al-Shabaab Officials Planning to Cut Al Qaeda Links, Discuss Allegiance to ISIL

Intelligence sources indicate that senior Al-Shabaab Chief Abu Ubaidah and other leaders of the Somali based militant group are discussing to turn their loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) amid Al Shabaab setbacks. In this course, they are also laying down strategies to cut off ties with Al-Qaeda and its...