The February 2023 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor starts off with a discussion of Bilal al-Sudani, a.k.a. Abd El-Rahman, IS’s former top operative in Somalia. Following the brief, there is an examination of Zubayr al-Muhaajir, a Kenyan member of al-Shabaab and a suicide bomber whose final testament was meant to inspire other Kenyan jihadists. In the next article, the publication …
On January 26, a US Special Forces operation in the mountainous region of Puntland, Somalia eliminated Bilal al-Sudani, who was a militant trainer and financial and logistical strategist within Islamic State in Somalia (ISS). Al-Sudani, who was also known as Suhayl Salim Abd el-Rehman, died alongside 10 other members of the group in a gunfight in a cave complex in …