Militants seize major cities in Mali in coordinated attacks
George Mihalcea
April 26 (UPI) -- Several cities in Mali were attacked by militants associated with al-Qaeda affiliates and separatists this weekend in the largest military strikes there in more than a decade. The attacks, which appear to have been coordinated, were conducted by the group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, known as JNIM, which has claimed credit for them, The New York Times , Al Jazeera and the Washington Post reported. The group hit the cities of Kidal and Mopti, as well as key nearby
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