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At least three soldiers killed in fresh raid on UN peacekeepers’ camp

Ansar Dine Group Claims Attack on U.N. Base in Mali

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 13, 2016 | World

Malian militant group Ansar Dine claimed responsibility for a suicide and rocket attack on a U.N. base in Kidal, north Mali on Friday that killed six peacekeepers and wounded others, the SITE Intelligence Group said. Militants used a van packed with explosives to ram...

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Iyad Ag Ghali, leader of the armed Islamist group Ansar Dine, August 7, 2012 in Kidal (AFP)

Iyad Ag Ghali: Mali’s Desert Fox

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...

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Malian Tuareg soldiers patrol in the streets of Gao on February 3. Source: 2013SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images

From Consul to Terrorist

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 20, 2013 | Opinion

As soon as I heard the name Iyad Ag Ghaly in relation to the events in Mali I began to wonder if this could be the same man from the same country? Could it really be him? Iyad Ag Ghaly heads up the military operations of armed terrorist groups in northern Mali; whilst...