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Bookmark or Share- Al-Shabaab (militant group) - WikipediaYouth Mujahideen Movement), commonly known as al-Shabaab, [ note 1 ] is a transnational Salafi Jihadist [ 33 ][ 34 ] military and political organization based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. It is actively involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War and incorporates elements of Somali nationalism into its Islamist cause.
- Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? - BBC NewsIslamist militant group al-Shabab is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia, and has carried out a string of attacks across the region. The group, which is allied to al-Qaeda, has been ...
- Inside the Decade-Long U.S. Fight Against Al Shabab in ...Al Shabab, or “the youth,” were a faction of the defeated Islamic Courts Union. Ousted from Mogadishu, they fled to southern Somalia and launched a guerrilla war, including bombings and ...
- Al-Shabaab - Council on Foreign RelationsAl-Shabaab, or “the Youth,” is an Islamist insurgent group based in Somalia. It held sway over the capital of Mogadishu in the late 2000s, but a military campaign led by the African...
- Al-Shabaab | Somali Militant Group, Terrorism & Insurgency ...Al-Shabaab, Somali-based Islamist militant group with links to al-Qaeda. Beginning in 2006, the group waged an insurgency against Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Al-Shabaab originated as a militia affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a federation of local and clan-based.
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