Tunisian Terrorist Battalion Pledges Allegiance to New ISIS Leader
Ajnad al-Khilafa- affiliated with terrorist ISIS in
Tunisia – has pledged allegiance to the new leader of ISIS, Abu Ibrahim
al-Quraishi.
This battalion, entrenched in Djebel Mghila and
Jebel ech Chambi, published a picture showing six armed men in mountain regions
as they express loyalty to this group under its new command.
The image made counter-terrorism bodies in Tunisia
alert against any possible terrorist operations.
The battalion was established in 2013 when it
detached from al-Qaeda in Morocco and joined ISIS.
Tunisian authorities accuse Ajnad al-Khilafa of
standing behind several terrorist acts including slaughtering a group of
shepherds, rioting houses near the mountain regions and encouraging extremist
members to carry out offensives as ‘individual wolves’.
During the past years, this battalion claimed
responsibility for several attacks including the suicidal attack conducted by
the Tunisian terrorist Mona Qibla in Bourguiba.
Following this announcement, Tunisian security
sources revealed that the counter-terrorism forces have commenced analyzing the
place where this picture was taken and focusing on its details to recognize the
terrorists.
The sources stated that recently some movements of
pro-ISIS members were monitored, adding that the security and military
institutions banned members from sneaking.
Tunisian intelligence bodies issued lately several
warnings of terrorists’ attempts to sneak into Tunisia from Libya and Algeria
while holding forged identities.
