https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/mali-under-siege-al-qaeda-separatists-launch-largest/
"On April 25, 2026, Mali suffered the largest coordinated jihadist attack in its history, as two armed groups, the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Tuareg separatist Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), struck simultaneously from the capital, Bamako, to the northern city of Kidal, roughly 1,500 km away..."