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Malian soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint at the entrance to Timbuktu, Mali, after unknown assailants attacked and withdrew from inside a U.N. police base in the city, February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Moulaye Chirfi
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 6, 2016 | World
Al Qaeda in Maghreb has claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly attack on a U.N. police base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu, in a statement monitored by the SITE Intelligence group on Saturday. After an operation that lasted for hours, Malian troops...