The fall of Mali’s military junta will profoundly destabilize West Africa, and potentially its neighbors as well.

The armed group JNIM claimed to have seized two key cities and destroyed the defense minister’s residence in a coordinated offensive that experts said was a major escalation in yearslong hostilities.

“For days now, Tehran has been hiding behind the same excuse: no serious engagement... until there’s a ceasefire in Lebanon,” Aiman Dean claimed in a post on X/Twitter. Ex-al-Qaeda member and former ...

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Islamist militants with a powerful al-Qaeda affiliate and separatists launched attacks across the West African nation of Mali on Saturday, in what analysts say constitute the biggest strikes since ...

Explosions, gunfire near main army base outside Bamako Attacks reported in multiple northern cities Mali's military leaders took power after coups in 2020, 2021 Army says it killed 'several hundred' ...

Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said. Mali's army said in a statement that ...

US Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday urged President Donald Trump to take control of the Strait of Hormuz and ruled out any return to a nuclear deal similar to the 2015 agreement. Graham backed the ...

Terrorists have carried out attacks in various locations across Mali, according to the country's army. Gunfire and helicopters were heard early this morning outside the capital, Bamako, near Kati ...

Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former founder of the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, is scheduled to visit New York City just two weeks after the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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