France Mali war News

Many Hostages in Gas Plant Siege Unaccounted for; New Terrorist Threats

At least 22 foreign hostages were unaccounted for on Friday and their al-Qaeda-linked captors threatened to attack other energy installations after Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex to free hundreds of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths. With Western …

Huge Sahara Gas Plant Hostage Siege Turns Mali War Global

Islamist gunmen holding dozens of Western hostages and scores of Algerians at a gas plant deep in the Sahara desert let some them speak to the media on Thursday to warn that they would be blown up if the site …