Algeria

Benmessaoud Abdelkader, a leader in Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, surrendered to Algerian authorities. Abdelkader said there are tensions within the Algerian wing of the North African terror group after the leadership of the GSPC decided to join al Qaeda “unilaterally.”

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

Tags:

Iraq

Islamic state

Syria

Aqap

Al shabaab

Boko Haram

Isis