Al-Mourabitoun (militant group)

Al-Mourabitoun (Arabic: المرابطون‎, translit. al-Murābiṭūn, lit. 'The Sentinels'‎) is an African militant jihadist organisation 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 Masked Men Brigade. Since December 4, 2015 it is a branch of the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) organisation.

Al-Mourabitoun (militant group)

Al-Mourabitoun (Arabic: المرابطون‎, translit. al-Murābiṭūn, lit. 'The Sentinels'‎) is an African militant jihadist organisation 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 Masked Men Brigade. Since December 4, 2015 it is a branch of the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) organisation.