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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

Bamako

Malian troops patrolling outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako a day after the deadly jihadist siege at the luxury hotel, November 21, 2015. (AFP Photo/ Habibou Kouyate)
June 18, 2017, 10:59 pm
Two dead as suspected jihadists attack Mali tourist resort
20 hostages freed in Western tourist hotspot that saw similar strike in 2015 at luxury Radisson Blu hotel
By Serge Daniel
This file photo taken on August 08, 2015 shows the bullet-riddled Byblos Hotel in Sevare, days after an attack killed 13 people. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 22, 2016, 4:45 pm
Mali arrests suspected mastermind of hotel terror attack
Security sources say suspect was planning to stage an attack on western targets this weekend in capital Bamako
By AFP
Shmuel Benalal was killed in a Mali terror attack on Friday, November 20, 2015.
November 21, 2015, 4:59 pm
Family of Israeli killed in Mali terror attack ‘stunned’ by death
Shmuel Benalal, 60, from Tzur Hadassah, described as a talented educator, a ‘man you couldn’t help but love’
By ToI Staff
Malian security forces evacuate a man from an area surrounding the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. (AFP/Habibou Kouyate)
November 21, 2015, 11:46 am
Israeli killed, another rescued in Mali attack — Foreign Ministry
Shmuel Benalal was among 27 slain when Islamist gunmen stormed Radisson Blu in Bamako in early hours of Friday
By ToI Staff and Avi Issacharoff
US President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with representatives from civil society organizations during a visit to Kuala Lumpur on November 21, 2015, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
November 21, 2015, 9:36 am
Obama condemns ‘appalling’ Mali siege, vows no safe haven for IS
In Malaysia, US president denounces the ‘evil’ and ‘hateful’ ideology he says has ‘cast a shadow over us all’
By AP and AFP
November 20, 2015, 10:49 am
Two gunmen take 170 people hostage in luxury Mali hotel
Security sources say jihadists behind shooting spree at Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako; firefight ongoing
By AFP
File: Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (right) reviews troops in Kati, near Bamako, on August 6, 2015, after visiting soldiers injured in an attack on their camp in northern Mali on August 3, 2015. (AFP/Habibou Kouyate)
August 8, 2015, 6:53 am
Foreigners rescued as Mali hotel siege leaves seven dead
Five hostages safely freed from gunmen; unclear how many captives remain; no group claims responsibility for attack
By AFP
People work on the reconstruction of the mausoleums in the Three Saints cemetery on April 8, 2015 in Timbuktu, northern Mali. (Photo credit: AFP/SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC)
April 14, 2015, 8:09 am
Timbuktu rebuilds mausoleums destroyed by Islamists
UNESCO estimates al-Qaeda-linked militants wrecked over a dozen of the fabled 15th and 16th century shrines
By Serge Daniel
Palestinian calligraphy expert Qassem Sartawe, 22, prepares ink to be used for calligraphy works in the West Bank town of Bedya, near Nablus. (photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue)
From the WebFebruary 19, 2013, 6:32 am
Mali’s last master calligrapher
Boubacar Sadek fled Timbuktu with his ancient manuscripts when al-Qaeda militants took over last year, PRI’s The World reports
Illustrative 2005 photo of the Sankore Mosque, an important learning center in Timbuktu, which dates from the early 14th century. (photo credit: CC BY upyernoz/Flickr)
January 28, 2013, 5:12 pm
In Mali, Islamists torch ancient library as French move in
Timbuktu’s mayor says historic archives burned and ‘all the important ancient manuscripts’ lost
By Carley Petesch and Krista Larson
French legionnaires exit a military plane at Bamako airport, Mali (photo credit: AP/Jeremy Lempin)
January 20, 2013, 6:40 am
French Jews fear repercussions of Mali incursion
Community security official says military deployment causing ‘agitation’ in the country’s Islamic circles
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