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Gunmen attacked Mali's capital Bamako and several other cities in what authorities call a coordinated assault, with heavy gunfire near the main airport and reports of militants taking areas in Kidal and Gao as the army fights back amid a long-running insurgency linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State groups.
Armed groups attacked Bamako and several northern towns in what Mali’s army called a coordinated assault, with gunfire near the Modibo Keïta International Airport and fighting reported in Kidal and Gao. A Tuareg-led Azawad movement and the al-Qaeda–linked JNIM were cited as coordinating the operation; the U.S. Embassy warned citizens to shelter in place. Analysts described it as possibly Mali’s largest coordinated attack in years, highlighting the country’s long-running insurgency and broader Sahel security crisis after coups and shifting regional alliances.
Gunmen launched a coordinated assault across Mali, hitting Bamako and towns including the Kati base, with heavy weaponry and explosions reported as the army fights what it calls terrorist groups amid a decade of unrest and a security apparatus backed by foreign influence.