Iyad Ag Ghaly (Arabic: اياد اغ غالي, sometimes romanised as Ag Ghali), also known as Abū al-Faḍl (Arabic: أبو الفضل ), is a Malian Tuareg militant from Mali's Kidal Region. He has been active in the Tuareg rebellions against the government of Mali since the 1980s - particularly in the early 1990s - and, in 1988, founded the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. In the latest episode of the Tuareg upheavals in 2012, he featured as the founder and leader of the Islamist militant group Ansar Dine.
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