Al-Mulathameen

Brigade of the Masked Ones
Al-Mulathameen
Leader	Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Merged into	Al-Mourabitoun

Al-Mulathameen Brigade (Brigade of the Masked Ones)^[1][2] was a terrorist militant organisation active in North and West Africa founded and led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar^[3] who was previously a member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. In 2013 Al-Mulathameen merged with Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa to form Al-Mourabitoun.^[4][5] In 2017 Al-Mourabitoun merged with the Saharan branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Macina Liberation Front to form Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.^[6][7]

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