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control of the city of Kidal](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w3wyq4v14o). Mali's military leader Gen Assimi
Mali's military have agreed to withdraw from Kidal after two days of clashes, the country's separatist Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) group has said, as it claims to control
Mali’s military government, lives were attacked along with the airport that serves Bamako and the northern cities of Kidal, Sevare and Gao. The groups have claimed control
Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists attacked several military bases across multiple cities, including areas where senior government officials live, and took control of the northern city
Mali's flag](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8915300681a6123e25de4285cf5e20beb38ac9b8/783_0_5000_4000/master/5000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Rebels use a local landmark to show their control of Kidal
Mali, however, its mercenaries were credited with helping to push back fighters and establishing government control in the Tuareg stronghold of Kidal
controls Kidal and Mopti. According to videos on social media, FLA fighters were seen disarming Malian soldiers in Kidal. The fate of the leader of Mali
Mali. Tensions remained high in the central town of Sevare. Ramadane maintained the regime would fall “sooner or later”, adding that the rebels now intend to take control of Gao, Timbuktu and Menaka following
control of the key northern town of Kidal after soldiers fled and a force of Russian mercenaries surrendered. The defeat reversed a key symbolic victory won by the junta in [Mali
Mali, also reported attacks by gunmen. Other videos in the northern towns of Kidal and Gao showed gunfire exchanges in the streets, with dead bodies lying on the ground. Insurgents entered Kidal, taking control
controlled by Moscow and sent to back up the Malian government, had been forced to withdraw from the key northern town of Kidal. The Kremlin, separately, said it urgently wanted peace and stability in Mali
Kidal in the north in a coordinated operation with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a Tuareg-dominated rebel group. On Sunday, a military source told Al Jazeera that Mali’s Defence Minister [Sadio Camara](/news/2026/4/26/malis-defence-minister-sadio-camara-killed-amid-coordinated-attacks
Kidal in northern Mali, which housed significant numbers of troops and was at the core of the military's operations in the region. Verified footage now shows rebels roaming the base. Mali has fought
Mali is “a vast territory, twice the size of France. Most people live in the south, the north is desert and mountains … it’s impossible to control it, not even the French could
Kidal, and the northern city of Gao. The [U.S. Embassy in Mali](https://x.com/USEmbassyMali/status/2047972860254208102?s=20) has urged American citizens to shelter in place and avoid all travel. While the Malian government says fighting is ongoing
Kidal, Mopti, Sevare and Gao. Tuareg rebels claimed participation in the assaults. Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in the attacks. The attacks have exposed security vulnerabilities in the country, which once was a beacon