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** FILE ** Joints Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. (Associated Press)

Dempsey: France formally asks for U.S. aid in Mali

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Statoil's chief executive officer, Helge Lund, arrives at the center in Bergen, Norway, set up for relatives of the hostages in Algeria. Algerian troops and helicopter gunships stormed the gas facility where Islamic extremists were holding foreign hostages on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Bloodshed  in Algeria  shows reach of terrorists

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

French troops stand guard along the road leading from Markala to Niono in central Mali on Wednesday as they pressed northward toward territory occupied by radical Islamists. In announcing the start of the land assault, military officials said soldiers would be in direct combat "within hours." (Associated Press)

Mali: French troops begin land assault

By Rukmini Callimachi and Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

Fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda fighters carve out own country in Mali

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

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)

Americans  among 40  seized by  terrorists  in Algeria

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A French soldier patrols the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. France has ordered tightened security in public buildings and transport facilities following action against radical Islamists both in Mali and Somalia. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

France girds for new threats after Mali operation

Associated Press

British soldiers gather next to a French army truck inside a British transport plane at a base in Evreux on Monday, part of Britain's authorization over the weekend to send two C-17 transport planes to help France get more troops to Mali. (Associated Press)

U.S. won’t pledge aid yet to French effort in Mali

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France: U.S. helping support Mali operation

Associated Press

**FILE** Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard Aug. 31, 2012, in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. (Associated Press)

French forces take action against Mali Islamists

By Baba Ahmed and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

**FILE** Women wearing veils, as mandated by Islamist group Ansar Dine, walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali, on Oct. 18, 2012. (Associated Press

Al Qaeda carves out own country in Mali

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

In this still frame made from video provided by ORTM Mali TV, Mali's Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra resigns during a broadcast on state television from Bamako, Mali, on Dec. 11, 2012, hours after soldiers who led a recent coup burst into his home and arrested him. (Associated Press)

Mali’s PM forced to resign, after arrest by junta

By Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Malian Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra was arrested at his home on Monday by the soldiers who helped lead a recent coup. He was ordered to resign. (Associated Press)

Mali’s prime minister forced to resign

By Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

The State Department headquarters is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

West African militants added to terrorist list

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Briefly: Islamists push secular Tuaregs into Mali desert

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Malians opposed to foreign military intervention to retake Mali’s terrorist-held north clash with police as they march in the streets of Bamako, the capital, on Sunday. West African nations have agreed to send 3,300 troops to help Mali’s imperiled government recover the north. (Associated Press)

France nixes military action in Mali

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Briefly: Islamists reject terrorism, offer to talk with government

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Burnt out school block following a gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect in Potiskum, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. A Chinese construction worker has been killed in a besieged city in Nigeria's northeast, an official said, exacerbating security concerns for foreign workers in Nigeria's violence-wracked northeast. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)

In Africa, an Islamist convergence seen as a threat

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, centre, greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upon her arrival at Houari Boumediene Airport, in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Clinton is on a five-day trip overseas to increase pressure on Mali's al-Qaeda-linked rebels and help Balkan nations end long-simmering ethnic and political disagreements. (AP Photo, Saul Loeb, Pool)

Clinton: U.S. wants Algeria to play key role in Mali intervention

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Briefly: African Union considers international force in Mali

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE In this Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery, in Timbuktu, Mali. Ordinary Malians and international experts alike are not sure what will reunite and bring back political stability to a country that until recently had a reputation as one of West Africa's most steady democracies. Representatives of the United Nations, the African Union and regional body ECOWAS are to consider the situation on Oct. 19, 2012 in a meeting in Mali's capital, Bamako. (AP Photo, File)

Talk of N. Mali intervention grows; no action soon

By Krista Larson - Associated Press