El-Hassen Ould Khalill Jouleibib

El-Hassen Ould Khalil Jouleibib (1981–2013) was a Mauritanian jihadist and lieutenant of Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Jouleibib fought in the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat and later Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. He was born in 1981 in Tidjikdja and died on 13 November 2013 in Tessalit Cercle, Mali.

Life

Early life and education Khalill was born in Tidjikdja, Mauritania, into a family of literate traders. He received technological training in Nouakchott and theological training in a Koranic school in the Tidjikdja area. In the early 2000s, he broke away from his belief in Sufism and converted to jihadist Salafism.

He first tried to reach Iraq to fight American troops, but he met Mokhtar Belmokhtar with whom he became friends. He joined the Katiba de les Enturbannés and in 2005 took part in the Lemgheity attack against the Mauritanian Army.

On May 24, 2013, Jouleibib claimed responsibility for the attacks in Agadez and Arlit.

Death On the night of November 13 to 14, 2013, Jouleibib was spotted by the French military in Operation Barkhane of the Mali War because of Jouleibib's phone. Jouleibib was killed alongside two other jihadists in their truck in rural Tessalit Cercle.