Back تنظيم المرابطون Arabic تنظيم المرابطون ARZ আল মুরাবিতুন Bengali/Bangla Al Murabitun Spanish مرابطون (گروه جهادی) Persian Al-Murabitoun Finnish Al-Mourabitoune French Al-Mourabitoun (kelompok militan) ID Al-Murabitun Italian アル＝ムラービトゥーン Japanese
| al-Mourabitoun | |
|---|---|
| المرابطون | |
| Leaders | Abubakr al-Masri †[1] Mokhtar Belmokhtar †[2][3] Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi †[4] |
| Dates of operation | August 2013 – 2 March 2017 |
| Active regions |  Algeria Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Libya Mali Niger |
| Ideology | Salafist jihadism |
| Size | Under 100 (May 2014, French claim)[1] |
| Part of |  Al-QaedaJama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin[5] |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | Northern Mali conflict In Amenas hostage crisis March 2015 Bamako shooting 2015 Bamako hotel attack 2016 Ouagadougou attacks 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings 2017 Gao bombing |
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Al-Mourabitoun (Arabic: المرابطون, romanized: al-Murābiṭūn, lit. 'The Sentinels') was an African militant jihadist organization formed by a merger between Ahmed Ould Amer, a.k.a. Ahmed al-Tilemsi's Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, and Mokhtar Belmokhtar's Al-Mulathameen.[6] On 4 December 2015, it joined Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).[7] The group sought to implement Sharia law in Mali, Algeria, southwestern Libya, and Niger.[8]
On 2 March 2017, al-Mourabitoun's cells in Mali, along with those of Ansar Dine, Macina Liberation Front and the Saharan branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, merged into Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin,[5] the official branch of Al-Qaeda in Mali, after its leaders swore allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri.[9][10]
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- ^ "Mokhtar Belmokhtar now leads 'Al Qaeda in West Africa'". The Long War Journal. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Macron says French forces killed Islamic State leader in Sahara". Reuters. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Al-Qaeda now has a united front in Africa's troubled Sahel region". Newsweek. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Belmokhtar's militants 'merge' with Mali's Mujao". BBC News. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ^ "Mali extremists join with al-Qaida-linked North Africa group". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Mali: Extremism & Counter-Extremism". Counter Extremist Project. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ AP (3 March 2017). "Three Islamic extremist groups of Mali merge, pledge to al-Qaida". Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via Business Standard.
- ^ "Ayman al-Zawahiri killed: How the world reacted". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.