by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Aug 16, 2013 | Features, Profiles
Nouakchott, Mauritania, Asharq Al-Awsat—For the last 18 months, Mali has witnessed the most dangerous crisis since its independence in 1960. The crisis had many dimensions. It started as a security issue when a Tuareg rebellion erupted in the north of the country, and...
by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Feb 15, 2013 | Profiles
Nouakchott, Asharq Al-Awsat—In early January at the Battle of Konna in northern Mali, Iyad Ag Ghali, the leader of Ansar Dine, laid waste to scores of Malian soldiers trained by French and European military officials. In a matter of days, French Special Forces had...
by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Jan 26, 2013 | Features
Noukchott, Asharq Al-Awsat-Last week, residents of the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali awoke to the sound of a huge explosion, followed by a massive fire, in the building known as the Gaddafi Palace, which in recent times has served as an operations command center...
by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Jan 21, 2013 | Middle East
Nouakchott/ Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat – A Canadian citizen was the coordinator of the terrorist attack on a gas plant in In Amenas (southeast of Algiers), Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal revealed on Monday. “A Canadian was among the militants. He was...
