Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania
9 hours, 7 minutes ago
Ansar Dine ruled the cities of Timbuktu and Kidal in northern Mali for 10 months starting in late March of 2012.
US sets sanctions on rebel leader in northern Mali
83 days ago
The State Department says Iyad Ag Ghali, head of Ansar Dine, is a global terrorist.
Under French pressure, key Mali rebel group splits
116 days ago
"An elected official from Kidal, who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisal, told the AP Thursday that the split was a long time coming and reflected how Ansar Dine, which took over the...
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118 days ago
The Islamists are with Ansar Dine and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels
128 days ago
"Sanda Abu Mohammed, spokesman for Islamist group Ansar Dine, told The Associated Press he could not confirm if his fighters were still in Konna.
Mali's Ansar Dine: Islamists to resume hostilities
136 days ago
The group Ansar Dine said negotiations with the Malian government are ultimately aimed at a military intervention to oust the Islamists, and are not true peace talks.
Mali Islamists destroy Timbuktu mausoleums
148 days ago
The director of Mali's Timbuktu tourism office, Sane Chirfi, said that Ansar Dine rebels linked to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb tore down the mausoleums, which were historic but not included...
2 Mali groups agree to work together for stability
150 days ago
The spokesman for Ansar Dine, an Islamist group that controls Timbuktu, and a representative for the Tuareg MNLA signed an agreement Friday in Algiers, agreeing to work to secure the areas under...
North Mali Islamist group adds new brigade
151 days ago
Ansar Dine says some members have left MUJAO to join Ansar Shariah, a shift that comes amid questions about whether MUJAO could be a target of any regional military operation.
Mali leader acknowledges extremists not foreigners
152 days ago
"Ansar Dine, or "Defenders of the Faith," controls the towns of Kidal and Timbuktu in northern Mali, where they have imposed a strict form of Islamic law known as Shariah there.
