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Amid the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the confrontation between Iran and Israel in the Red Sea is growing

Mali’s transitional leader, Assimi Goita, has assumed defense minister duties after General Sadio Camara was killed in coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda-linked groups

The same machinery of manufactured war that shattered Iraq and Libya is now being recalibrated for Iran

Malian forces backed by allies have reasserted control in Menaka, near the border with Niger, after clashes forced Islamic State-linked insurgents to pull back

Somali forces have killed 22 Al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle during a coordinated air and ground operation with international support

The International Criminal Court has ordered an Al-Qaeda affiliated extremist group leader to pay $8.4M in reparations for over 65,000 victims of war crimes committed in northern Mali in 2012

Mali’s prime minister has said the April 25 attacks by Al-Qaeda-linked militants were part of an effort to topple the government and disrupt its political transition

Mali’s defense minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, was killed after a shootout with militants following a suicide car bombing that targeted his residence during a wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across the West African country

Heavy fighting erupted in Mali after a wave of attacks by regional al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM and the Tuareg-dominated rebel group FLA

From Home - CBSNews.com: Armed groups in Mali attack capital in possible coordinated effort, army says