Native name | مؤسسة الأندلس |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Muʼassasat al-Andalus |
| Industry | JihadistPropaganda |
| Founded | April 2010; 15 years ago (2010-04) |
| Owner | al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb |
Al-Andalus Media (Arabic:مؤسسة الأندلس,romanized: Muʼassasat al-Andalus), also known asAl-Andalus Media Production Foundation (Arabic:مؤسسة الأندلس للإنتاج الإعلامي,romanized: Muʼassasat alʼndlsmʼssh al-Andalus lil-Intāj al-Iʻlāmī) is theJihadist propaganda unit for the militant organizationAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that creates video and audio messages that relate to the current conflict and issues with the people, specificallyMuslims, inNorth Africa.[1]
The media foundation unit was established in April 2010, named after the Islamicwilayah ofAl-Andalus, first releasing the video series "Shadows of Swords", with the video showing the attacks againstAlgerian soldiers andFrench soldiers and the addressing issues of Muslims inAlgeria,Niger, andLibya. The first video shows operations againstAlgerian police and military forces with clips of audio and visual representations ofAbu Yahya al-Libi andAyman al-Zawahiri.[2] The establishment of Al-Andalus Media as the official media wing of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb came in with the same as sister-foundations ofAs-Sahab,Al-Malahem Media, andAl-Kataib Media Foundation.[3][4] The foundation releases media inEnglish,Arabic,Spanish, andFrench.[5] While producing media in those four languages, they also provide media through video, audio, images, and text while also providing communications to other terrorist affiliated withAl-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda allied organizations.[6] With news releases, Al-Andalus Media collaborated withAl-Fajr Media for news releases.[7]
