In this context, the Libyan civil war and the chaotic fall of Moammar Gadhafi ... returned to their home countries — for many, Mali — bringing with them an extensive arsenal of weaponry ...

Also, the same day that France intervened in Mali, its commandos attempted to free Denis Allex ... at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal. Are you a ...

In December, Human Rights Watch said Mali's armed forces, supported by Wagner, and Islamist armed groups had committed serious abuses against civilians in violation of the laws of the war.

Map of al Qaeda-linked attacks in Mali and Niger since 2014. Map made by Caleb Weiss for The Long War Journal. Jihadists in Mali have attacked two towns in the last 24 hours, leaving at least four ...

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan who once served in Afghanistan, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 people, the FBI said. Texas ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali’s armed forces ... targeting civilians and their property in violation of the laws of war,” Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch ...

But most of his 18 charges focused on other war crimes, including murder ... Al Hassan is the second person to be charged with crimes relating to the conflict in Mali. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was ...

Tombs at the Djingareyber mosque in Timbuktu were smashed by Islamist militants in 2012 The International Criminal Court in the Hague has taken into custody a man wanted for war crimes in Mali ...

The New York Times reports on the Tuareg insurgency in northern Mali fueled by the remnants of ... thanks to the weapons acquired during the war in Libya: Analysts who study the region agree ...

A Tuareg rebel alliance in northern Mali has released a Spanish man kidnapped in North Africa on Jan. 17, two of the group's spokesmen said on X late on Monday.