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The Boko Haram fighters were led by Bakura Doro. The battles at Allura Kurnawa and Kangar lasted for 13 hours and left 30 militants on both sides dead. [5] The Boko Haram fighters led by Doro later fled to a hideout on the border of Niger. [5] The ISWAP fighters were forced to flee from the area.
Several Boko Haram "top fighters" outright defected. [15] According to an alleged insider account, up to 70% of Boko Haram's qaids (senior commanders) had secretly sided with ISWAP by the time of the operation. [16] One group of Boko Haram loyalists, counting "dozens" according to al-Naba, holed up at the well defendable Ghowbra camp. ISWAP ...
On 19 September, Chadian military attacked Boko Haram in the village of Barkalam near the border with Nigeria, 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the fighting, 12 hostages were rescued. Boko Haram and Chadian military later clashed at Bilabrim where five insurgents were killed and two Chadian soldiers were wounded.
After the violent split between ISWAP and Boko Haram (which renamed to JAS) at the battle of Sambisa Forest in May that led to the death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, civilians living in Boko Haram-controlled areas in Niger began defecting to Nigerien government-controlled areas while ISWAP attempted to consolidate areas held by the remains of Boko Haram. [1]
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [23] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [24] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [12]
Usage on ha.wikipedia.org Tawayen Boko Haram, 2009; Usage on ru.wikipedia.org Религиозные столкновения в Нигерии; Usage on th.wikipedia.org การก่อความไม่สงบของกลุ่มโบโกฮะรอม; Usage on tr.wikipedia.org Irak ve Şam İslam Devleti'nin kontrolündeki ...
Visual representation of Boko Haram fighters . After their massive losses in 2015, Barnawi's ISWAP and Shekau's Boko Haram both reconsolidated, though ISWAP grew into the more powerful group. Whereas Shekau had about 1,000 to 1,500 fighters under his command by late 2018, [11] [12] the Islamic State loyalists counted about 3,000 to 3,500 troops.
ISWAP (originally Barnawi faction of Boko Haram; from 2016) [18] Ansaru [b] Ongoing (Map of the current military situation) Expansion of conflict into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, Mali, and Niger; Coalition offensive in 2015 forces Boko Haram to retreat into the Sambisa Forest; Abubakar Shekau killed on 19 May 2021 amid ISWAP's capture of ...