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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Islamists in Mali

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)
December 28, 2015, 4:56 am
Islamic extremists kill at least 15 Tuaregs in Mali’s north
Ansar Dine jihadists ambush separatists as unrest continues months after French-led forces ended insurgency in African nation
By Baba Ahmed
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
Malian troops take position outside the Radisson Blu in Bamako on November 20, 2015, after gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel. (AFP PHOTO/HABIBOU KOUYATE)
November 20, 2015, 8:29 pm
At least 22 dead as Mali hotel siege comes to an end
Local, French special forces carry out floor-by-floor rescue at Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, ending 9-hour standoff
By Serge Daniel
Malian security forces evacuate a man from an area surrounding the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. (AFP/Habibou Kouyate)
November 20, 2015, 6:33 pm
18 bodies recovered as special forces end Mali hotel siege
French and local troops storm Radisson Blu in Bamako hours after gunmen took at least 170 guests and staff hostage
By AFP
Malian security forces escort a hostage freed from the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015, after gunmen went on a shooting rampage. (AFP PHOTO/HABIBOU KOUYATE)
November 20, 2015, 5:34 pm
France deploys special forces to Mali hostage-taking
138 people thought still being held by gunmen who reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ as they stormed luxury hotel in Bamako
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 9, 2015, 4:47 am
US condemns terror strikes in Mali, Saudi Arabia
Jihadists claim attacks that killed 12 in African state, 15 in suicide bombing in Saudi mosque
By AFP
A picture shows the La Terrasse bar restaurant, also housing a nightclub, that was attacked in Bamako on March 7, 2015. (photo credit AFP/Habibou Kouyate)
March 8, 2015, 12:25 am
Five killed in Mali nightclub terror attack
Frenchman, Belgian among dead in shooting believed to target Westerners in the west African country
By AFP
File: A screen capture taken on November 9, 2014 from a new video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows Boko Haram fighters parading with a tank in an unidentified town. (AFP/HO/Boko Haram)
December 13, 2014, 11:59 pm
Islamic State influence spreads to African jihadists
Groups such as Boko Haram in north Africa are learning from radical Islamist group’s example in tactics, rhetoric and social media
By Michel Moutot
French President Francois Hollande (photo credit: AP/Bob Edme)
March 24, 2014, 4:30 am
Islamist group calls for Hollande assassination
Jihadists say French president must pay for recent military interventions in Africa
By AFP
Serge Daniel, right, Mali correspondent for Radio France Internationale weeps as he pays his last respects at the coffin of one of the two French journalists kidnapped and killed Saturday in northern Mali, at a ceremony at the military airport in Bamako, Mali, on Monday (photo credit: AP/Harouna Traore)
November 5, 2013, 6:24 am
Mali official: 5 held in French journalist deaths
Unclear whether al-Qaeda is responsible for what could have been a botched kidnapping
By Rukmini Callimachi
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 troops inspect the charred remains of military vehicles used by radical Islamists on the outskirt of Diabaly, Mali on Monday Jan. 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jerome Delay)
From the WebJanuary 24, 2013, 4:34 am
US, Africa say Mali action counters growing Islamist threat
French air force hits terrorist targets as Clinton says she supports intervention against al-Qaeda allies
January 17, 2013, 5:25 pm
Netanyahu lauds French intervention in Mali
‘You took a brave step against extremist Islamic terrorism,’ PM tells Francois Hollande
By Philip Podolsky
French President Francois Hollande (photo credit: AP/Philippe Wojazer/File)
January 12, 2013, 3:09 am
French forces carry out airstrikes against Mali Islamists
Hollande says operation in former colony to last ‘as long as necessary’
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