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An attack by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin at the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niger kills 35 people, including 22 gunmen. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News. I'm a computer. An attack by
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  jama adnas Raut al islam While Muslimin at the Diyoti
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  Hamani International Airport in Niger kills thirty five people, including
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  twenty two gunmen. On the eighteenth of June twenty twenty six,
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  militants attack the Dyoorti Hamani International Airport in Niami, Niger,
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  killing thirteen people and injuring four others. Twenty two attackers
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  were also killed and twenty suspects were arrested. J NIM
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  claimed responsibility for the attack later that day. The attack
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  was the second to take place at the airport in
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  twenty twenty six, with an attack in January resulting in
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  twenty deaths and four injuries. This attack is likely to
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  renew concerns about the ability of Sahel governments to contain
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  militant groups, particularly around critical infrastructure and transport hubs. Jama
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  At Nostrat al Islamu and Muslimin is a united front
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  of various sala fijihadist organizations in the Magreb and West Africa,
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  formed by the merger of Anserdine al Mohabitun and the
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  Saharan branch of al Qaida. In the Islamic Maghreb. Its
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  emir Iyad al Ghali swore allegiance to Al Qaida's leader
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  am In al Zuahiri and the Taliban's leader Hibatula Ahonzada
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  in twenty seventeen. In the early twenty twenties, j and
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  Iam was reported to be the fastest growing militant organization
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  in the world. As of twenty twenty five, it is
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  considered the most heavily armed militant group in the Sahel
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  and one of the most powerful globally. The group operates
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  a decentralized proto state model in areas under its control,
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  enforcing a strict interpretation of Islamic law and taking over taxation.
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  Its influence is presently expanding southward into coastal West African countries,
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  including Benin and Togo. Diori Hamani International Airport is an
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  international airport serving Miami, the capital of Niger. It is
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  located nine kilometers from Niame in the southeastern suburbs of
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  the city along the Route Nationale one, the major highway
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  linking name with the east of the nation. The airport
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  complex also includes the major base for the armed forces
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  of Niger's Army, Deir that's it for now. See the
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