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title: ISIS and al-Qaeda are at War in the Sahel
description: "The Sahel's two jihadist rivals once fought side by side. Six years of fratricide — more than 320 clashes and 2,200 fighters dead — have since shattered that truce, and the region's juntas are too weak to profit from it."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/isis-and-al-qaeda-are-at-war-in-the-sahel.md
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datePublished: 2026-09-23T20:00:27.000Z
dateModified: 2026-09-23T20:00:27.000Z
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  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://fronts.co/authors/simon-whistler/
publisher: Fronts
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The Sahel's two jihadist rivals once fought side by side. Six years of fratricide — more than 320 clashes and 2,200 fighters dead — have since shattered that truce, and the region's juntas are too weak to profit from it.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/isis-and-al-qaeda-are-at-war-in-the-sahel/.
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