Al Qaeda is sieging the capital of Mali, the West African nation nearly twice the size of Texas. The branch of the terrorist organization called JNIM has been choking off fuel and food to Bamako, sending residents scrambling and causing the U.S. embassy to evacuate. So what does the group want with Mali?
WSJ explains how 24 years after the 9/11 attacks, the Sahel is now the center of global terrorism.
Chapters:
0:00 The new face of al Qaeda
0:31 Al Qaeda’s influence in Africa
3:17 How JNIM sieged Bamako
5:17 What’s next?
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FAFO, they tried to mess with Algeria now they're NEVER gonna come out of this crisis
6,000 fighters is nothing.
They had this coming for them ever since they kicked out France
Hey
the irony of how Military Juntas are usually terrible at handling wars
The US and Russia using to fight a a proxy war in Mali..Textbook stuff.
Everywhere they go ,human dignity goes,human rights go,human lives go.Men,women and children who dont submit become trophies of their conquest.
Yang kalian perangi hanya buah fungginya. Kalian hanya buang buang peluru
Door step of Bamako 😂😂😂 stop lying
Where do all these weapons come from? And, if they were/are there, what did/do care, religious and secular, organisations there?
These western media reports about Mali are such bull💩. If you look at the YouTube channels "ORTM" and "Beki Take" you can find countless videos of the Malian army drone striking Jihadists militants and seizing their weapons. Mali is not close to falling because the supposed "Al Qaeda" linked fighters don't have any air defense technology.
We all know it’s the CIA and Mossad funding them 🥴
Cavemen with sandles
These guys are the Sahel Equivalent of a street gang , but with an International identity and level. They perpetrate al- Islam but their banditry canceling any Noble cause. The RSF in the Sudan is really on their parallel of Latitude physically and ideologically . The sophistication of weaponry must be Equalized to Counter these rebels against Peace , Prosperity, Tranquillity & Happiness. The evils of the World are in all countries. Causes & Effects manifests Our Efforts to Cure the Dis- Ease of Gross Miscreant Actions.
Rubbish BS report that serves a western narrative! Talk to the authorites & people of Mali for the truth. Such reports should spend more time on how western military acts in Libya caused this; This will not win the narrative in 2025. The fuel challenges are being alleviated and Mali & the AES will destroy all terrorists on their lands!
Just religions fighting over what they think is right.
hard to say this is really "Al Qaeda" anymore. It's more like a Chipotle franchise that really went off grid
Y'all sure Islam ain't a cancer
As long as islam exist
Before Global war on Terror there were only Iran, Afghanistan and Sudan as Islamist regimes
Now?
The funny thing is I have family in Mali they all laugh hard at these western news media. They are living happily since French left
Nōfr you're fr
A country diassociate itself from the west or any foreign influence, boom a jihadi group emerges a repetetive script people should be familiar with
The should opt to solar for the main time
Who owns this paper again? Didnt the US create Al Qaeda…..🤷🏻♂️
Sponsored by the CIA
There is only one real problemhere, only one. I have no idea why Western nations keep being willfully ignorant while being hoodwinked by the great deceiver.
Few Decades EU 🇪🇺 will be battlefield. Free 🇵🇸
Stop your bluff and fake news which mali you talking about. Your so call al qaeda he doesn't exist. Is french mercenary and Algerians supletifs who attacking malians citernes and civilians. The so call al qaeda as failed they don't own nothing no village no region no qG just attack and dissappear on forest that's all.stop your imaginary information and fake news.
ask france to save you😆😆😆😆😆
russia is worse than france
They sound like revolutionarys.
Allahu-Akbar! 😊
Who do you think is arming the terrorists?
Sounds like anti-Russian propaganda. The presenter Benoit Faucon didn’t even refer to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State as the “bad guys” but referred to Wagner who the government replaced France and USA with as the “bad guys”.
If you don’t know what Al qaeda wants at this point ion know wat to tell u
Lies Lies and more Lies, I live in Mali and this is a lie hahahaha, Africa is. change WALL STREET you are too late
Al Qaeda is paid opposition for western governments. It's all orchestrated to punish uncooperative states that won't bend to western economic and political interests. Neocolonialism has to maintained somehow. If this isn't obvious to you by now…