The French army announced on Monday the neutralization of a senior Algerian member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), of which he was the “financial and logistical coordinator.”
“On the night of February 25-26, the Barkhane force conducted an operation targeting a historic senior AQIM cadre about 100 km north of Mali’s Timbuktu. This operation led to the neutralization of the Algerian jihadist Yahia Djouadi, alias Abu Ammar al Jazairi,” the French military said in a statement.
Located in an area known to be a refuge for groups belonging to AQIM, then formally identified, Abu Ammar al Jazairi was “neutralized by a ground intervention, supported by a reconnaissance and attack helicopter Tiger and two French drones,” said the staff.
“The neutralization of this historic cadre allows, once again, the weakening of Al-Qaeda governance and deprives [Al-Qaeda’s] Rally for the Victory of Islam and Muslims (RVIM) of a major relay in northern Mali and in the Timbuktu area in particular.”
The French military said the neutralization “marks the isolation of the Emir of the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (JNIM, for: Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), Iyad ag Ghali, who sees the disappearance of all the experienced figures in his entourage, weakening RVIM’s cohesion and command.
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