AL QAEDA-LINKED INSURGENTS ESTABLISH CHECK POINTS AROUND CAPITAL, CALL ON MALIANS TO RISE UP. (PHOTO).

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 Al Qaeda-linked insurgents establish check points around capital, call on Malians to rise up Al Qaeda-linked insurgents have called on Malians to ‌rise up against the military-led government and transition to Sharia law, as multiple security sources said the group had set up checkpoints around the capital and seized a northern town. The latest incidents come just days after Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) launched unprecedented assaultsacross the country ​on April 25 in coordination with the Tuareg-dominated rebel group the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). Bases throughout the landlocked African ​country and near the capital Bamako were hit in those attacks, which killed Mali's defence minister. ⁠The town of Kidal was also seized. The group, which threatened a total blockade of Bamako following the ​attacks, has established a number of checkpoints on several major arteries leading to the city, five sources told Reuters on ​Friday. The FLA also seized the northern tow...

NATO THREW LIBYA INTO 15 YEARS OF CHAOS, SAYS LIBYAN LAWMAKER. (PHOTO).


 NATO Threw Libya Into 15 Years of Chaos, Says Libyan Lawmaker


NATO's 2011 military intervention empowered armed militias and destroyed a once-prosperous and stable nation, Abdelmanam Al-Arafi, Libyan Parliament member, told Sputnik.


"This led to the destabilization of the country, the emergence of gangs and armed groups that received money and influence and in certain periods actually engaged in blackmailing the state," the lawmaker said.


According to Al-Arafi, responsibility lies with the countries that took part in the intervention. Foreign interference worsened the Arab Spring turmoil, and the Western principles imposed by force did not lead to a resolution of the political crisis.


"The imposition of change or democracy by force cannot create the conditions for stability, and the Libyan experience serves as a vivid testament to that," the parliamentarian added.

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