Coordinated Assaults Strike Mali Army Bases and Northern Towns; Al Qaeda-Linked Group and Tuareg Rebels Claim Responsibility
A coordinated series of attacks struck military sites across Mali on Saturday, targeting locations in and around the capital Bamako and several northern towns. Mali’s army said it repelled the assault and killed "several hundred" assailants, while al Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Tuareg-dominated Azawad Liberation…