The October 2017 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor features briefs on the state of North African jihad and a militant ally of al-Assad in northeastern Syria, as well as profiles on Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan Emir Abdul Karim Saroush Siddiqui; Taliban Deputy Chief Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob; Islamic State in Libya Emir Abdel Qader al-Najdi; and Shebak... MORE