The Somali branch of the Islamic State organization occupies an increasingly important place on the chessboard of global jihadism. Marginal when it was created in 2015 in the remote mountains of Puntland, northern Somalia, it has become a financial and logistical center for the jihadist group’s activities around the world. The threat worries. In May 2024, US special forces carried out at least two drone strikes in an attempt to eliminate its most influential figure, Abdul Qadir Mumin.
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The Somali branch of IS, a new strong link in the jihadist organization?
