The Islamist militant Hassan Dahir Aweys whose Hizbul Islam militia merged several years ago with Al Shabaab but later fell out with them and abandoned the armed struggle but now comments about politics on video from his home where he is under house arrest...
Yasin is an admitted Salafist with strong link to jihadists including to the once-influential Islamist leader Hassan Dahir Aweys (AC Vol 54 No 14 Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' breaks with Al Shabaab)...
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He suggested the government should talk to another Al Shabaab dissident Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' whom he trusted but nothing happened...
Ugas was an emir in charge of the Hiran region for the Islamist militia who was sacked during the internal Al Shabaab split or purge of dissidents of June 2013 according to AC's sources (AC Vol 54 No 14 Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' breaks with Al Shabaab)...
Within days of Godane's death Abu Obeida had met and made up with Fuad Mohamed Khalaf 'Shongole' a ruthless Shabaab warlord whose loyalty to Godane was tested when the former Emir captured Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' who had been the Islamist militia's spiritual leader...
The process culminated in the defection of Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' formerly regarded as the spiritual leader of Al Shabaab whom Godane had detained (AC Vol 54 No 14 Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' breaks with Al Shabaab)...
He has since consolidated his power eclipsing Robow Ali imprisoning Hassan Dahir Aweys (who later escaped AC Vol 54 No 14 Aweys at bay Madobe on top & Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' breaks with Al Shabaab) and killing Ibrahim Haji Jama ‘al Afghani' in faction-fighting in June...
Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' the 78-year-old eminence grise of Somali Islamism has broken with Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen (Al Shabaab) this week...
