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Members of the Libyan Special Forces look on in an army camp in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, on February 1, 2015. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
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This photo taken March 1, 2013 and released on Tuesday March 5, 2013, by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows Chadian soldiers patrolling in the desert in Northern Mali. (AP Photo/Ghislain Mariette)
Mali Conflict in Bloodiest Phase Yet
Paris, AFP—France said Tuesday that dozens of Islamist militants have been killed in the bloodiest phase of the Mali conflict to date, but it remained unclear if key commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar was among them. Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno on Monday reiterated...Caption:
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, identified by the Algerian interior ministry as the leader of a militant Islamic group, is pictured in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade obtained by Reuters January 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Belmokhtar Brigade/Handout)
Chad Says Islamist Leader Belmokhtar Killed in Mali
N’Djamena, AFP—Chad says its troops in northern Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist leader who masterminded an assault on an Algerian gas plant in January that left 37 foreign hostages dead. The announcement came amid continued fighting in...Caption:
A French soldier checks passengers of a transport truck arriving in Gao, northern Mali, Thursday Feb. 14, 2013. Malian forces have stepped up security around the port an the main market, in an effort to stop the infiltration of rebel fighters in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
What’s so new about Al-Qaeda being active in North Africa?
The tragic events in Algeria and the consequences of Mali’s crisis have overshadowed all other news stories over the past few days and have been met with understandable shock. However there is nothing surprising about what happened, even if some analysts are...Caption:
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, identified by the Algerian interior ministry as the leader of a militant Islamic group, is pictured in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade obtained by Reuters January 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Belmokhtar Brigade/Handout)