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Al Qaeda is back – and the terrorists have a frightening new goal
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July 17, 2025
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2:58Now PlayingAn Al Qaeda branch called JNIM is pushing to assert political dominance in the Sahel region of Africa, with a recent surge in deadly attacks reflecting a strategic shift that sees the terrorists moving towards the goal to impose Islamic rule across the Sahel and extend influence into coastal West Africa — a landmass twice the size of Western Europe.
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