Al Qaeda in North Africa names new leader to succeed Droukdel
AL QAEDA’S North Africa branch (AQIM) has appointed a new leader and confirmed the death of its former leader Abdelmalek Droukdel who was killed by the French army in June, according to SITE Intelligence Group. U.S.-based SITE, which monitors jihadist websites, said AQIM displayed the dead body of its former leader for the first time in a video. Abdelmalek Droukdel. Picture: Flickr The French army killed Droukdel in Mali after hunting him for more than seven years in the Sahel region. AQIM said that following Droukdel's death, another Algerian, Sheikh Mujahid Yazid Mubarak, also known as Abu Ubaida Yusuf al-Annabi,…