By Christoph Reuter spiegel.de AFP/ WELAYAT TARABLOS Analysts falsely believed Islamic State was too weak to carry out terror attacks abroad. But IS views terror as a means to an end — and will launch attacks as long as they continue to serve its broader strategy. “It was a […]
By AFP – Nov 21,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Soldiers from the presidential patrol outside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Saturday (AP photo) BAMAKO — Mali was hunting Saturday for suspects over the militant siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead, mostly foreigners, as the president […]
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist BUSINESS INSIDER Launched on Jan. 11, 2013, at the request of the Malian authorities and the United Nations to help the local army stop the advance […]
Source: Spiegel. By Matthias Gebauer in Sevare, Mali AFP PHOTO / SITE Monitoring Service This handout photo reportedly shows Islamist fighters preparing for war in northern Mali. France led the West on Friday in offering to help Mali’s interim government push back a surprise offensive launched Thursday by Islamist […]