somaf9Shaul Shay
(Senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counterterrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council)

Copyright: @ 2022 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 11 September 2022

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)

The al Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab has been fighting the Somali government and African Union troops in Somalia for more than a decade, carrying out attacks in Somalia and neighboring Kenya. It adheres to the same global Islamist ideology as Al-Qaeda and has made several public statements pledging allegiance to the group. .... Read more

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