Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has chosen a new leader to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed in June by French forces, the SITE monitoring group reported Saturday.
Algerian Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi, the head of AQIM‘s “Council of Dignitaries”, was named as Droukdel’s successor, SITE said.
Al-Annabi has been on the American “international terrorist” blacklist since September 2015, according to the Counter Extremism Project.