Jihad fighters launch coordinated raids on military positions

The jihadist fighters launched a series of simultaneous attacks on military positions across many cities in Mali – the third main attack on the army during the past month.

A Mali Army said it had risen on Tuesday morning, claiming that “neutralization” was more than 80 fighters, without saying whether there were any other victims.

However, the Jumim Mossilin, a group of al -Qaeda -related to al -Qaeda, said that it had taken control of three barracks in the army.

For more than a decade, Mali was subjected to a deadly Islamic rebellion, as well as attacks from separatist movements.

In a statement broadcast on national television, army spokesman Soliman Dembele said: “The enemy has suffered great losses everywhere in which they participate with the security and defense forces.”

Colonel Dembele added that the army regained weapons, vehicles and motorcycles from the attackers.

Earlier, the armed forces said that the attacks took place in seven cities and cities, including Binoli, Kayes and Sandre, near the border with Senegal. There were also attacks north, near Mali border with Mauritania.

“We woke up in the event of a shock this morning. There is a shooting, and from my home I can see smoke rising towards the residence of the ruler,” one of the residents of Kaiz told Agence France Presse.

Jinim described her attack as “high and high quality” in a statement published on social media. They did not explain any losses.

The group also said it had carried out two other important attacks.

On June 2, the militants targeted an army and airport camp in the ancient city of Timbocto.

Just one day ago, a raid killed at least 30 soldiers in the center of the country.

The attacks, the latest sign of high insecurity in Mali and the wider coast region, came after the leadership of the United States of America warned of the increasing efforts by various armed Islamic groups working in the coast to reach the West Africa coast.

During a press conference in May, the commander of the United States of America (Africa), General Michael Langley, described the recent attacks in Nigeria, and a wider Sahail, and the Lake Chad basin as very worrying.

He warned that the arrival of the groups to the coast would significantly enhance their ability to smuggle and trafficking in weapons.