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Al-Mourabitoun

Force Atlas / JNIM — Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims / Al-Mourabitoun

Formation

Al-Mourabitoun

Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s formation, merging his katiba with MUJAO remnants; author of the era’s major urban terror attacks (Bamako 2015) before joining JNIM. An ISGS-bound faction split away in 2015.

JNIM & lineageVolunteer / irregularArmed movementMergedHistorical subordination

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Lineage & institutional history

Formed 2013-08Reorganised 2017-03

Predecessors: MUJAO — Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa

Successors: JNIM — Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims

Assessment confidence: highStatus as of 2017-03Methodology