{"id":78541,"date":"2021-09-16T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=78541"},"modified":"2021-09-27T07:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T07:14:26","slug":"macron-announced-the-killing-of-isis-leader-al-sahrawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/78541-macron-announced-the-killing-of-isis-leader-al-sahrawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron announced the killing of ISIS leader, al-Sahrawi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f1\u06f6_\u06f1\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f1\u06f6_\u06f1\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f1\u06f6_\u06f1\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f1\u06f6_\u06f1\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f1\u06f6_\u06f1\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f1\u06f6_\u06f1\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>France\u2019s president announced late Wednesday that the leader of ISIS terrorist group in the Greater Sahara had been killed, describing Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi\u2019s death as \u201ca major success\u201d for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the Sahel.<br>French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that al-Sahrawi \u201cwas neutralized by French forces\u201d but gave no further details. It was not announced where al-Sahrawi was killed, though the terrorist group is active along the border between Mali and Niger.<br>\u201cThis is a decisive blow against this terrorist group,\u201d French Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted. \u201cOur fight continues.\u201d<br>Al-Sahrawi had claimed responsibility for a 2017 attack in Niger that killed four U.S. military personnel and four people with Niger\u2019s military.<br>The extremist leader was born in the disputed territory of Western Sahara and later joined the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. After spending time in Algeria, he made his way to northern Mali where he became an important figure in the group known as MUJAO that controlled the major northern town of Gao in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s president announced late Wednesday that the leader of ISIS terrorist group in the Greater Sahara had been killed, describing Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi\u2019s death as \u201ca major success\u201d for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the Sahel.French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that al-Sahrawi \u201cwas neutralized by French forces\u201d but &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,31,30],"tags":[85,1981,2568],"class_list":["post-78541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-news","category-world","tag-isis","tag-macron","tag-sahrawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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