ISIS Releases Photos Of Deadly Attack On Azawad Forces In Eastern Mali

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On March 28, ISIS’s news agency, Amaq, released photos documenting a recent attack by the group’s terrorists on the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (NMLA) in eastern Mali.

The large-scale attack targeted several positions of the NMLA in the Ménaka Region. ISIS didn’t reveal when exactly the attack took place.

ISIS terrorists attacked NMLA positions in Ménaka on motorcycles and pickup trucks. The movement, which is mostly made up of ethnic Tuareg, lost dozens of fighters in the attack. The photos released by Amaq show at least 33 dead bodies.

According to the Malian media, ISIS ramped up its attacks on the country’s Tuareg community in the last few weeks. More than 400 members of the community were massacred by the terrorists in Ménaka alone.

Footage showing the burial of some of those who were killed in ISIS’ recent attacks on Ménaka surfaced online on March 26.

In Mali after ISIS attack In the area of Menaka, they continue to collect and bury in mass graves the militias of the Azawad movement, who were not lucky enough to fall under the hot hand of IS militants.#Mali pic.twitter.com/ocUQpCvEIo

— Erfan (@erfanyousafzai) March 26, 2022

ISIS has been very active in different parts of Mali. On March 21, the terrorist group attacked a military base of the Malian Armed Forces in the northern region of Gao. Several Malian soldiers were killed in the attack.

In February France along with its European allies announced the beginning of the withdrawal of troops from Mali. Currently, the Malian government is relying on its forces, the UN mission and Russian private military contractors to counter ISIS and other terrorist groups in the country.

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