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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) \u2014 The Malian army said Saturday that several northern towns, including Gao and S\u00e9var\u00e9, were targeted by rebels. The statement came as a rebel group announced a new offensive to capture a northern town.<\/p>\n

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Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesperson for \u200bthe Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), said in a Facebook post that the town of Anefis was being targeted by the separatists.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Ciss\u00e9, a resident of Gao, told The Associated Press that the army is going door to door searching for attackers who are still in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the moment, the calm has returned. But I learned that the attackers are still in a part of the city, so I stay inside the house with the family,\u201d said Ousmane Maiga, another resident.<\/p>\n

In a later statement, the Malian army claimed that \u201cthe situation is completely under control.\u201d It added that in S\u00e9var\u00e9, \u201c20 terrorists on motorcycles and equipped vehicles were neutralized.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Rawani Ahmed Bouya, a member of the FLA and head of the National Office of the Azawad diaspora, told the AP that Anefis was under FLA control and that the fighting was almost over. His claim could not independently verified.<\/p>\n

In late April, a coordinated attack by the FLA and the regional al-Qaida affiliate JNIM killed the defense minister in his home and took control of several key towns in the north of the country.<\/p>\n

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Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim, deputy project director for the International Crisis Group think tank, said that while the latest attacks are \u201cnothing comparable\u201d to those in April, reports of attacks across the border in Burkina Faso as well as across Mali could indicate an attempt to divert the attention of the army to secure more limited gains in northern Mali.<\/p>\n

Wassim Nasr, a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, said the targeting of Anefis was strategic because any Malian attempt to reverse the territorial gains from April would have been staged in Anefis.<\/p>\n

Mali has previously faced insurgencies by militants affiliated with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the country\u2019s north. The separatists have been fighting for years to create an independent state in northern Mali.<\/p>\n

Along with Mali, neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso have also been battling al-Qaida and IS affiliates.<\/p>\n

Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries turned from Western allies to Russia for help combating Islamic militants. But the security situation has worsened with a record number of militant attacks. Government forces have also been accused of killing civilians they suspect of collaborating with militants.<\/p>\n

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\u2014-<\/p>\n

Wilson McMakin reported from Dakar, Senegal<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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