Russia Is Losing Mali The Same Way They Lost Afghanistan

Weekend rebel offensive resonates with the history of the Red Army in central Asia

A JNIM (Al Qaeda) truck bomb abandoned during fighting in Sévaré

Malian rebel forces opened a coordinated offensive this weekend with decapitation strikes that killed the Minister of Defense, General Sadio Camara, and forced Russian mercenaries to abandon a base at Kidal. Camara was the Malian leader who replaced French troops with Africa Corps, the reti…