It looks as if here yet again, as we have seen in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Somalia and elsewhere, that the jihad forces are better equipped, better trained, and better funded than the national military forces. If an Islamic state is established in Mali, it could join forces with those who are trying to establish one in Nigeria. Yet no one seems curious about where the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims is getting its support. Nor do those who continue to insist that “moderate Muslims” are our “allies,” and that “moderate Islam” will pacify this situation and others ever bother to explain why groups of this kind don’t ever face any serious challenge from Muslims who claim that despite their name, what they’re doing is not Islamic at all.
“At least 50 Malian soldiers killed in rebel-jihadist attack,” France 24, July 19, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed in an attack by Tuareg separatists and jihadists as they left the strategic northern town of Anefis, officials said on Sunday.
The attack on the army convoy leaving Anefis occurred on Saturday, following weeks of fighting with both sides attempting to take control.
In early July, fighters from the Tuareg separatist FLA and the al Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) briefly captured the town and encircled a military base used the Malian army and Russian paramilitaries from Africa Corps.
JNIM and the FLA claimed responsibility for the attack.
“The provisional toll of the attack is extremely heavy – more than 50 soldiers killed and at least 24 prisoners,” a local elected official, close to the ruling junta, told AFP….
“Some of our men were simply executed,” said a source within the Malian army, adding that an investigation was under way to determine any tactical failures.
“We are trying to see what could really have made our men so vulnerable,” he said….
On Saturday, the army acknowledged the convoy had “fallen into an ambush laid by terrorist armed groups”, without providing casualty figures….
David M says
They were Mali soldiers plus Russian soldiers killed & captured. Putin won’t be pleased.