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FILE - In this Sunday, July, 28, 2013 file photo, a United Nations peacekeeper stands guard at the entrance to a polling station covered in separatist flags and graffiti supporting the creation of the independent state of Azawad, in Kidal, Mali. A bomb explosion killed several members of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali in the troubled northern city of Kidal, a spokesman for the mission said Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Mali blast hits U.N. peacekeepers: ‘Several dead and wounded among the blue helmets’

Associated Press

Algeria kills high-level al Qaeda leader, official says

By Aomar Ouali - Associated Press

President Barack Obama meets with Morocco's King Mohammed VI, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Morocco trains 500 imams to counter spread of radical Islam

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (standing, second from right) waves to supporters as he arrives for his inauguration festivities in Bamako, Mali, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. French President Francois Hollande, speaking at the event, declared that the war on terror had been won in Mali and listed the towns that French and Malian troops liberated from al Qaeda's local fighters earlier this year. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)

Explosion rocks north Mali town of Kidal

By Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

PRICE: Mali elections need to be free, fair and transparent

By John Price

** FILE ** CIA Director John O. Brennan.

Al Qaeda remains a threat to U.S. via its franchises despite Obama’s boast

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. flies more than 200 air refuel missions to Mali

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows the leader of the radical Islamist sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material.

For Boko Haram, U.S. tries to handle with care; Nigerian Islamists tied to al Qaeda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turbulent Mali braces for elections

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Haidara Aissata, the lone woman in Mali's parliament.

Al Qaeda gaining strength in Mali, North Africa

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

French troops talk with Malian soldiers outside Bourem, in northern Mali, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Pascal Guyot, Pool)

Al Qaeda group in West Africa’s Mali added to U.S. terror list

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Twitter trauma

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Claims of responsibility for an attack on an Algerian natural-gas field in January are tied to a group led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who had been a regional commander in northwestern Africa for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (IntelCenter)

One-eyed extremist behind Algerian gas-plant slaughter reportedly killed in Mali

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali in May 2010. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda commander, ‘butcher of Timbuktu,’ killed in Mali

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

The top U.N. envoy to Libya said in late 2011 that some weapons depots in Libya had still not been secured properly, and that much had "already gone missing." An open crate at the same facility reveals a rocket inside. (Associated Press)

Smuggled Libyan arms disrupting North Africa

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Militants from the Islamist terrorist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali, in April. (Associated Press)

U.S. designates Malian extremist as global terrorist

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Children attend a class in a madrassa in Gao, northern Mali, February 18.

Mali’s Islamic radicals recruiting child soldiers at schools

By Krista Larson - Associated Press

** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference during the annual gathering of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Russia calls for international intervention in Mali

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

Al Qaeda’s drone defense plan surfaces in Mali: Cover cars with carpets

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Malian soldiers man a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Gao, Mali, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. French soldiers on Wednesday recovered an enormous stash of explosives that authorities believe radical Islamic fighters were using to make bombs for attacks on northern Mali's largest city, a Malian military spokesman said. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Mali faces long-term threat, House panel is told

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times