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  • Al Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali: Ennahar TV
    French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander of al Qaeda’s north Africa wing AQIM, Algerian Ennahar television reported on Thursday. The station said 40 militants including Abu Zeid were killed in the region of Tigargara in northern Mali three days ago. A French Defence Ministry official declined to comment on the report. Algeria...
    February 28, 2013 22:43
  • Islamic summit backs Mali government, omits France
    Leaders of Muslim nations declared support on Thursday for the unity and territorial integrity of Mali and condemned terrorism in the west African state but said nothing of French military intervention to drive out Islamist fighters. A resolution adopted at a two-day summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation backed the deployment of an international military mission...
    February 8, 2013 7:49
  • EU states agree on military training mission to Mali
    European Union states agreed on Thursday to send hundreds of military personnel to train Mali government forces in fighting Islamist rebels, whose campaign to impose Islamic law across north Africa is causing growing unease in Western capitals. The training mission has been the subject of discussions for weeks but the sense of urgency has grown since the al Qaeda-linked...
    January 17, 2013 19:10